Sep 30 ‘I Am Woman’ singer Helen Reddy, ’70s hitmaker, dies at 78 By Associated Press Helen Reddy, who shot to stardom in the 1970s with her rousing feminist anthem “I Am Woman” and recorded a string of other hits, has died. She was 78. Continue reading
Sep 30 Serena Williams pulls out of French Open with hurt Achilles By Jerome Pugmire, Howard Fendrich, Associated Press Serena Williams has pulled out of the French Open because of an Achilles injury. The 23-time Grand Slam champion says she had a short warmup and decided she couldn’t continue. Continue reading
Sep 29 Disney to lay off 28,000 at its parks in California, Florida By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Disney's parks closed last spring as the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. The Florida parks reopened this summer, but the California parks have yet to reopen as the company awaits guidance from the state of California. Continue reading
Sep 29 How COVID-19 is changing the English language By Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation Updates to the Oxford English Dictionary provide a fascinating glimpse into how language changes in the face of rapid and unprecedented social and economic disruption. Continue reading
Sep 29 Suspect says prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings By Associated Press France’s counterterrorism prosecutor says the chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris has claimed he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Continue reading
Sep 28 Alexie, Pilkey books among most ‘challenged’ of past decade By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The American Library Association compiled a list of 100 books that have been most subjected to censorship efforts over the past decade. Continue reading
Sep 26 In mostly white Great Barrington, MA, an effort to celebrate Black life By Zachary Green, Ivette Feliciano Great Barrington, MA, is W.E.B. DuBois’s birthplace. It may be surprising to find these markers of Black culture in a town where almost every face is white, but they are reminders of a part of life here that few outside… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 5:54 This Kentucky singer-songwriter seeks to bridge the urban-rural divide By Jeffrey Brown, Gretchen Frazee As the election approaches, the country feels culturally and politically divided. Some of the starkest differences are between rural and urban areas. Now, a singer-songwriter from Western Kentucky is hoping her music can help Americans to find some common ground. Continue watching
Sep 24 After RBG’s death, this poet urges us to follow in her steps By Joshua Barajas In writing her poem, “In the Steps of RBG,” Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s message was: “Wow, you did it. And now, it’s our turn.”… Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 6:44 This book of breast cancer survival stories seeks to foster solidarity Even amid the pandemic, the threat of cancer looms significant. Estimates suggest that more than 42,000 people will die from breast cancer alone this year, and more than 275,000 new cases will be diagnosed. But millions are also surviving the… Continue watching