Has the pandemic shifted traditional gender roles in childcare?
Source: Medical News Today
Although the current pandemic has disrupted the way parents work, childcare duties still often fell to women.
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Coming wave of video games could build empathy on racism, environment and aftermath of war
Source: USAToday
New gaming projects seek to help people build sympathy for others by allowing them to take on the role of someone else.
Who were Las Mariposas, and why were they murdered?
Source: TED
Watch this short TED video about the brave women who lead an underground revolution against one of the worst dictators in the Dominican Republic’s history.
Suez Canal reopens after giant stranded ship is freed
Source: BBC
Watch the short video and skim the article and images to find out more about what it took to get a giant container unstuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal.
How Andrew Carnegie Turned His Fortune Into A Library Legacy
Source: NPR
Steel magnate Andrew Carnegie was also a dedicated philanthropist who used his wealth to establish hundreds of public libraries. Listen to the story here.
How Immigrants Created America’s Mixtape
Source: Chicago Tribune
In this feature article, Howard Reich describes how the diverse musical traditions of immigrant Jews, Congolese Africans, Mexican mariachi artists and others have been combined to create unique American musical forms.
#WeRemember: Death Marches
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hear Holocaust survivors describe their harrowing experiences in their own words.
‘Make Farmers Black Again’: African Americans Fight Discrimination To Own Farmland
Source: NPR
After decades of land loss and lending discrimination Black American farmers struggle to reclaim the ability to sustain their ancestral farmlands.
Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem’s Black film scene
Source: Columbia Spectator
Read about the history of the thriving Harlem film scene from the Harlem Renaissance to the present day.
A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The balance between humans and nature is a precarious one, and for some time nature has been telling us we are doing something wrong. Read about how both human and environmental health is intertwined.