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November 8 In History 30: Birthdate of Marcus Cocceius Nerva, the Roman Emperor who changed the way in which the special tax on Jews was collected so that would not be the humiliating experience created by his Flavian predecessors. 641: “Jews were...

“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!,” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805 as he viewed what he believed was the Pacific Ocean, as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration...

Online courses can't replace the good old fashioned teaching methods we once pioneered but are now driving Finland's educational success. Several months ago, on a damp gray afternoon, I found myself sitting in a coffee shop in downtown Racine, Wisconsin...

The Bronx's Kingsbridge Armory. Photo by Pro-Zak. Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter never dreamed she’d become an activist. “I was just a mom concerned about school overcrowding,” she says, until a neighbor invited her to a meeting of a local...

There’s no doubt about it, the food landscape is changing. words by Virginia Chamlee  //  photos by Agnes Lopez Though it may take a while, food trends—cupcakes, food trucks, anything with kale in it—will inevitably make...