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Iconic Colorado tramway restored and reopened
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWho would have thought that Robert Heron’s experience in Italy during World War II in the 10th Mountain Division would lead to the creation of one of the...
My Father’s Fate, and India’s
The New Yorker· 1 day agoThe armed forces, which had previously been insulated from politics, were exploited by Modi and his party for political gain. India’s Election...
The Queen of Romance - Noble Blood | iHeart
iHeartRadio· 4 days agoOver her lifetime, Dame Barbara Cartland would write over 700 books that would sell more than 750 MILLION copies worldwide. Though her books were primarily aimed and read by women, Cartland's ...
Bruhat Soma wins Scripps National Spelling Bee in second-ever spell-off
Washington Post· 1 day agoConfetti erupted from the ceiling with a bang Thursday night as Bruhat Soma, 12, was declared the...
Union: Strike over pro-Palestinian protests to expand to UC campuses in Irvine, elsewhere
Orange County Register· 18 hours agoA rolling strike by unionized academic workers upset about the University of California’s response...
Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi
The New Yorker· 5 days agoDays before East Germany’s first free elections, in March of 1990, word spread that Wolfgang Schnur, a longtime civil-rights lawyer and the leading...
State laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education
The Conversation· 3 days agoOver the past few years, Republican state lawmakers have introduced more than 150 bills in 35 states that seek to curb academic freedom on campus. Twenty-one of these bills have been signed ...
In the early 20th century, the Chicago River Swim was an annual event that drew thousands of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoOn Sept. 22, some 500 participants are expected to jump in downtown waters for the Chicago River...
Bill Skarsgård Likes It Darker
Esquire· 3 days ago“Do you know the way to Belvedere Castle?” Bill Skarsgård and I have been walking for an hour and forty-seven minutes, winding our way aimlessly around...
Former finalists vie for National Spelling Bee championship
Washington Post· 3 days agoThe word that greeted Aliyah Alpert in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee...