The institution’s west dormitory is depicted in this 1942 photograph. Scudder demanded that no walls be erected on the prison grounds. AP Photo In a country with mass incarceration, horrific prison conditions and a penal…
Leslie Visser was one of the first female television sports reporters – but she’s appalled at how little progress has been made. AP Photo/Bill Sikes The story of the 2019 U.S. women’s national soccer team…
A marcher waves a flag during the Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C. on June 8, 2019. Nicole S. Glass/Shutterstock.com Since 1972, social scientists have studied the General Social Survey to chart the complexities of…
A drawing of Philip Marlowe, an icon of hard-boiled detective fiction created by author Raymond Chandler. CHRISTO DRUMMKOPF/flickr, CC BY At the end of May, it happened again. A mass shooter killed 12 people, this…
Lee was able to communicate that disability is a part of humanity – not separate from it. America’s Got Talent/YouTube If you haven’t seen Kodi Lee’s May 28 performance on “America’s Got Talent,” it’s worth…
Former Georgia Tech head coach MaChelle Joseph looks on during an NCAA college basketball game against Notre Dame in February 2019. AP Photo/Robert Franklin During the past women’s college basketball season, two prominent head coaches,…
According to FBI memos, King witnessed and encouraged a rape in a hotel room. AP Photo David Garrow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr., has unearthed information that may forever change King’s…
More Americans are sticking to their wedding vows. Melinda Nagy/shutterstock.com Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016. Among American adults, there is support for divorce when…
Octavia Spencer is one of the few black women to have a lead role in a horror film. Universal Pictures/YouTube In the horror genre, black is definitely back. The movie “Ma,” which premieres on May…
In the live-action ‘Aladdin,’ Mena Massoud stars Aladdin, while Will Smith plays the Genie. Daniel Smith/Walt Disney Pictures Though critically acclaimed and widely beloved, the 1992 animated “Aladdin” feature had some serious issues with stereotyping….