2019-11-08 George Orwell Show Honors ‘Doublespeak’ Legacy
A new show in the American state of New Mexico is reminding visitors of the world George Orwell imagined in…
2019-11-02 Korean Book-Turned-Movie: Women Love It, Men Hate It
In South Korea, the most popular movie this week is about the everyday sexism women face there. It is based…
2019-11-01 Washington Nationals Win Team’s First World Series
The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros Wednesday night to win the professional baseball championship in the United States. The…
2019-10-30 Aztec Descendants: ‘Take the Dollar Out of the Day of the Dead’
People around the world will celebrate Halloween this Thursday, October 31. Halloween dates to an ancient Celtic tradition in which…
2019-10-29 Meat-Free Mexican Restaurants on the Rise in the US
Jose and Leticia Gamiz received many insults when they first opened their mobile Mexican food business four years ago. Their…
2019-10-27 Rising Number of Chinese, Asian Faces in Hollywood
One of the first stops for a visitor to Los Angeles is the TCL Chinese Theatre. You can find the…
2019-10-26 New York’s Central Park to Gain Statue of Women in History
New York City will finally honor real women with a statue in its famous Central Park. City officials voted this…
2019-10-23 Women’s Influence Growing in US Men’s Professional Basketball
Training is over for the day, but one Boston Celtics basketball team coach is still working. Assistant coach Kara Lawson…
2019-10-19 Georgia Museum Devoted to Bigfoot
A wooden building stands next to a highway in the mountains of northern Georgia. Once it was a restaurant. Now…
2019-10-17 Booker Judges Honor Atwood, Evaristo with Rare Double Prize
Margaret Atwood’s book The Testaments and Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other both won the Booker Prize this week. Judges recognized…
2019-10-12 Teenage Business Owner Makes ‘Wearable Art’
Before she could even talk, Ellie Heath spent hours drawing pictures. When she grew older, the 15-year-old discovered the joy…
2019-10-11 Writers from Austria and Poland Win 2018, 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy has named Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature. It also announced…
2019-10-05 ‘Joker’ Film Gets Poor Reviews, Makes Big Money
The long awaited Joker opened Friday in theaters across America. If you have not heard, the movie is the latest…
2019-09-28 Botanical Artists Still Document the Word of Plants with Pictures
Artists who make pictures of plants are known as botanical illustrators. Today, some may see such a job as something…
2019-09-24 And the (Fashion) Emmy Goes to…Red and Pink
What do Taraji P. Henson, Zoe Kazan, Susan Kelechi Watson, Mandy Moore and Marisa Tomei all have in common other…