With a Christmas Day tripleheader on everyone’s wish list and a tentative labor agreement in place, NBA owners and union officials went back to work Saturday, relaying details of the deal with hopes of cementing it quickly. After a 149-day lockout that ultimately will cost the league approximatel... Read more...
Jupiter Hammon was a Black poet who became the first African-American published writer in America when a poem appeared in print in 1760. Hammon was a devout Christian, and is considered one of the founders of African American literature. On September 24, 1786, He expressed his views on slavery whe... Read more...
A typical full-body scanner works by bouncing X-rays off an individual’s skin to produce an outline image of the person’s body; these images must then be studied by an operator who makes the call whether there is a potential explosive present or not; the operator’s subjective view makes the ... Read more...