Public education is under attack today from those who do not believe with John Adams that “opportunities and advantages of education” should be available “in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people.” Adams specified that the provision of the “opport... Read more...
Pieces 1. Seven 2. I think I broke something 3. Nina Simone 4. Four 5. West Indian Rum (Feat. Curly Castro) 6. Caps Loc All Production done by Margel (the Sophant) @theSophant mix by DJ Foxx Boogie @foxxboogie mix by @naysayersstudio Micah Forsyth Read more...
By Amy Chua Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back? A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many ma... Read more...
The whereabouts of a remote Amazonian tribe who appeared in remarkable footage earlier this year aiming bows and arrows at a plane flying over their jungle homes was unknown Monday after government officials sent to protect them were forced to abandon their post and flee from armed drug traffickers.... Read more...
Photo: Dan Saelinger By Dr. Mehmet Oz From the Japanese to the Russians, the Greeks to the Kuna Indians of Panama, every culture has its own secrets to better health and longer life. These traditional remedies and practices—like drinking a calming herbal tea or cooking with a partic... Read more...
A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half. The Guarani marched back to their land last week, unwilling further to endure the appalling living conditions they have bee... Read more...
Weaves and braids may contribute to a type of permanent hair loss that appears to be common among black women, a new study has found. More than one-quarter of the 326 black women who participated in the study had hair loss on the top of their scalp, and of those women, 59 percent had sign... Read more...
Download a PDF of this story. Every summer for the past nine years, water with lethally low concentrations of oxygen has appeared off the Oregon coast. The hypoxia may be a sign of things to come elsewhere, finds Virginia Gewin. The dead fish were one of the first signs. In July 2002, sc... Read more...