How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It’s Changed
Source: NPR
Read about recent interpretations of and challenges to the pivotal Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Culture & Society
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality’s Biggest Barriers
Source: Forbes
Men and women are still not guaranteed equal rights in the U.S. Constitution Read about concrete actions which thought leaders suggest we take in order to achieve equality.
Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” jabs, flips Asian American film cliches
Source: AP News
Asian American actors feel like they’re finally getting the representation they deserve.
In 1865, thousands of Black South Carolinians signed a 54-foot-long freedom petition
Source: Washington Post
Read about some of the objects on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
| Castle Garden, originally a Revolutionary Era fort, was repurposed into an amusement park for fashionable New Yorkers in the late 1800s. Then it became the nation’s first immigrant welcome center. Read this short feature to discover how. |
Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences
Source: npr
Read about the importance of racially inclusive casting in the world of Shakespearian theatre.
Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.
Source: Washington Post
Read about how smart phones and social media impact the social lives of teens.
US women dominated medal count at Tokyo Olympics in ways they’ve never done before
Source: USA Today
Learn about women’s outstanding achievements in Olympic games past and present.
Research finds gender differences in fear, risk perception during COVID-19
Source: Augusta Free Press
Researchers have discovered that COVID-19 fears tend to be split along gender binary lines.
Extreme Dining in the Gilded Age
Source: National Women's History Museum
| Wealthy Americans of the Gilded Age often indulged in extravagance—even when hosting dinner parties. This short article features important dinner etiquette for hosts and guests, and even includes a menu. |