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Like it or not, building in Italy means mastering concrete
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCONTRADA PETRARO, Sicily (AP) — Everywhere you look in Italy, it’s there: It can be hulking and gray...
Nations, Nation-States, and Nationalism
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom the G-File on The Dispatch World Map in Projection 1595. (Photo by Picturenow/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Dear Reader (may the road...
LGBTQ people have 'been around for forever,' historians say
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGender non-conformity is not a new phenomenon or trend – in fact, gender diversity can be seen...
From Thanksgiving to Labor Day, these 9 holidays have surprisingly dark origins
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOur popular understanding of the history of Thanksgiving is flawed.Barney Burstein/Corbis/VCG via...
5 Ways ‘Rick Steves’ Europe’ Can Do Better for Black People
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRick Steves’ EuropeAfter two years of pandemic closures, and with an unusually favorable exchange...
The History of Mardi Gras Is Just as Fun and Exciting as the Holiday Itself
The Pioneer Woman via AOL· 4 months agoGlittering green beads fall from balconies, costumed crowds line parade routes, and jazz music fills...
Politics: ‘The Rural Voter’ and ‘The Civic Bargain’
The Wall Street Journal· 3 weeks agoA glance at the index of Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea’s “The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America” indicates that...
What the Romans and Bob Dylan had to say about corn | Plant Lovers' Almanac
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoI gave talks last week in Columbus at the Ohio State University’s green industry short course, which...
18 Things You Didn't Know About Chewing Gum
Cheapism via AOL· 1 year agoSergii Gnatiuk/istockphoto Gum Again? Most of us don't think a lot about gum — we just chew it. But as with so many other things, it turns out chewing...
Op-Ed: With climate change, we may witness sequoia forests convert to chaparral
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Alder Creek sequoia grove, near Springville, Calif., in the aftermath of the Castle fire in...
