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An Oil-Patch Brawl Over a $53 Billion Megadeal Entwines the Legacies of Three CEOs
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoThe clash between the two largest descendants of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly has...
Today in History: Bonnie and Clyde shot and killed
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoOn May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. In 1430, Joan of Arc...
Inside the Rockefeller Clan’s Intensifying Feud With Exxon
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoThey have suffered reversals in their efforts to hold the energy giant to account for climate...
How the Harmon Foundation Played a Pivotal Role in Supporting the Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
ARTnews· 5 days agoDuring the 1920s and ’30s, a cohort of Black artists, writers, and intellectuals, many of whom were...
Today in History: May 23
The Herald Bulletin· 4 days agoIn 1937, industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Co. and the Rockefeller ...
30 years ago, The Critic enrolled six year olds in film school
The A.V. Club· 7 days agoCartoon film critic Jay Sherman (voiced by Jon Lovitz) had a massive audience but would be gone a...
Photos: Asian Cultural Council Gala Raises Nearly $1.6 Million To Support Programming
Broadway World· 7 days agoAsian Cultural Council (ACC) honored Hong Kong-based Danish businessman Hans Michael Jebsen,...
The Overseas Highway: The US' 'floating' highway
BBC News· 3 days agoAs many Americans hit the road this weekend to kick off the unofficial start of summer in the US, we're revisiting one of our favourite road trip stories about an engineering marvel stretching ...
Bob Bothwell’s Fearless and Effective Advocacy Shifted Power in Philanthropy to Nonprofits
The Chronicle of Philanthropy· 2 days agoAs the Commission on Private Philanthropy and Public Needs, created by John D. Rockefeller, carried out its research to prepare the influential ...
