For Modern Women, ‘Ladylike’ Means Strong And Sporty
Source: NPR
In its “Changing Lives of Women” series, NPR looks at how fitness is increasingly seen as a positive female attribute.
Culture & Society
Interview: Alex Kotlowitz
Source: FADER
Journalist Alex Kotlowitz has spent his career reporting on violence in Chicago. In this article he reflects on his 20-year career and gives advice on what he thinks can alleviate the city’s issues.
Baseball and the Civil War
Source: Pennsylvania Civil War Trails
Before the Civil War, baseball was a regional sport played mostly around New York. Union soldiers then spread the game by playing it during long periods of encampment and in prisoner of war camps.
NAACP: A Century in the Fight for Freedom
Source: Library of Congress
The NAACP has worked from its founding over a hundred years ago to promote equal rights in the United States. Explore this multimedia exhibition from the Library of Congress to learn about the organization’s founders, history, and accomplishments.
History of Valentine’s Day
Source: HISTORY
Each February 14th, people express their love for each other with cards, flowers, and candy. How did this tradition start? This HISTORY feature has the answers.
Overview
Source: Planetary Collective
Every astronaut learns a great deal about the Earth and its place in the cosmos before going into space. But once they see the Earth from space, everything changes. Watch this short film to learn why.
What Unites These States?
Source: Reader's Digest
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Phillip Caputo drove across the country, from Key West, Florida, to Deadhorse, Alaska, in search of common ground. Discover what he learned from his experience about what unites Americans.
Flood Tablet: The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 – 700 BC)
Source: BBC
Without writing, the world would not have records of science or literature. This early clay tablet holds a version of Gilgamesh, a great epic of world literature. Listen to this podcast from the British Museum to learn how early writing began and became a part of culture.
4 Steps to Making Better Decisions
Source: Parade
If you have an important decision to make, these four steps might help you. The most important step might be the last one listed here.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Source: NPR
In 1833, Harriet Beecher Stowe witnessed the brutality of slavery on her first trip to the South. What she saw changed her and led to her writing her famous anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in 1852. Listen to a discussion about her legacy here.