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David Wilkie: Olympic champion swimmer dies aged 70
BBC News· 3 days agoBritish Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie has died at the age of 70. The Scot won 200m breaststroke gold in Montreal in 1976, as well as two Olympic...
When does Furiosa take place on the Mad Max Timeline?
Games Radar· 1 day agoThe Mad Max timeline is a tricky beast to wrangle, but if you're slightly confused about where...
For 25 years, 'Uni Watch' built a following of uniform obsessives. Now its founder is walking away
New York Times· 3 days agoIf you’ve read Paul Lukas for the last 25 years, you get the feeling. If you know Paul Lukas, you understand it even better. “See how the first and third base cutouts are not rounded?” Lukas ...
Willie Nelson's 50 (and counting) Years of Picnics Celebrated at Brazos Bookstore
Houston Press· 6 days agoBook cover In most parts of the country, the thought of a “picnic” brings to mind a family or pair...
The Essential Don DeLillo
New York Times· 4 days agoIn fact, despite all of DeLillo’s fascination with terrorism and death cults and the impotence of the individual swept up in unstoppable social forces,...
Jamila Wignot’s New Documentary Chronicles How Stax Records Went From Music Label To The American...
Essence· 5 days agoTo say that Stax Records was a successful music label would be an understatement. Founded in 1957 by...
Tucson Speaks Out: May 20 letters of the day
Arizona Daily Star· 5 days agoRecently, President Biden reached out to President Obrador of Mexico to discuss the border. Obrador has been using his Army and National Guard along the...
From Glamour Shots to French onion soup, St. Clair Square celebrates 50 years of memories
Belleville News-Democrat· 5 days agoTo me it was, and still is, “the mall.” My parents used to take my favorite brother and me to the mall. Dad would wait with us as we played in the mall’s giant planters and fountains while Mom ...
The History Of The Met Gala
HotNewHipHop· 5 days agoThis year’s Met Gala saw the likes of Cardi B flaunting a massive black dress that took nine people to carry. One of the official livestream hosts...Gwendoline Christie, whose ...
Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned slave people
NPR· 2 days agoShe moved away and when she returned home in 1973 she realized the chapter of the NAACP was no...