The Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1964
In the greatest mass movement in modern American history, black demonstrations swept the country seeking constitutional equality at the national level, as well as an end to Massive Resistance (stat…
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – History of Scientific Women
Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin (née Payne; May 10, 1900 – December 7, 1979) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist who proposed in her 1925 doctoral thesis that stars were compose…
ROSALINE FRANKLIN: The Dark Lady of DNA
The story of Rosalind Franklin never ceases to fascinate, and the publication of her biography as told by Brenda Maddox is indeed pertinent: in a few weeks’ time we will celebrate 50 years of the mos…
The Very Best Way to Pray for Peace
–by Janessa Gans Wilder, syndicated from spiritualityhealth.com, Jun 20, 2020
How a CIA analyst began an interfaith quest for citizen diplomacy
London’s National Gallery Renames Degas’s “Russian Dancers” as “Ukrainian Dancers”
by Valentina Di Liscia April 5, 2022 in Hyperallergic
Calls to rename the mislabeled work have intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Fighting Fire with Fire
In Beshara Magazine
Victor Steffensen talks to Rosemary Rule about his pioneering work reintroducing indigenous cultural burning practices in Australia
Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on US quarter as treasury begins distribution
National Women’s History Museum – the American Women’s Quarters
ASHEVILLE GREENWORKS and HARD TO RECYCLE – Volunteer, Donate, Spread the Word
Pounds of materials saved from the landfill since 2016
BLUE RIDGE AUDUBON SOCIETY
Lights Out Asheville
The City of Asheville commits to a Lights Out initiative to help protect migratory birds!
PARTNERSHIP for Appalachian Girls’ Education
The story of the Partnership for Appalachian Girls’ Education begins with me: a girl growing up in a working-class family in the Western North Carolina mountains. I was a girl with big dreams but li…
Natalie Portman wanted to shift football culture. So she founded Angel City FC
in The Guardian
The actor formed an ownership group that includes athletes and Hollywood stars to found a different type of team. The club has already sold nearly 16,000 season tickets
First female judge presides over hearing at top court in Egypt
Radwa Helmi sits on bench of state council, marking ‘historic’ step along road to equality