Aaron Mathiasflipped into Critical Race TheoryStoryboardExplore America's Black HistoryCurated byThe Travel DeskBlack history is a critical, indelible part of U.S. history. Here are some sites that every American should know about, from the historically important plantation that's now owned by Black twin sisters to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C.
Aaron Mathiasflipped into Ze Cusine...3 days agoWhat It Was Like to Get a Meal at a Medieval Tavernopenculture.com - Colin MarshallAt least since The Canterbury Tales, the setting of the medieval tavern has held out the promise of adventure. For their customer base during the …
Aaron Mathiasflipped into Science3 days agoHow Hans Bethe Stumbled Upon Perfect Quantum TheoriesQuanta Magazine - Matt von HippelQuantum calculations amount to sophisticated estimates. But in 1931, Hans Bethe intuited precisely how a chain of particles would behave — an insight …
Aaron Mathiasflipped into LOSING RELIGION3 days agoPope Francis’s Stunning Rebuke of JD Vance Exposes MAGA’s Dark Soulnewrepublic.com - Greg SargentThe vice president took a stab at theology to defend the administration’s rank cruelty. Then a higher authority weighed in. The other day, JD Vance …
Aaron Mathiasflipped into WAR & SPY GAMESStoryboardThe Greco-Persian Wars: The Epic Battle for GreeceCurated byTheCollectorThe Greco-Persian Wars were a critical time in ancient history in which Greek city-states attempted to stop the expansion of the superpower that was the Persian Empire.
Aaron Mathiasflipped into Critical Race TheoryStoryboardHorrifying reality for the enslaved people transported across the Middle PassageCurated byHistory SkillsFor millions of enslaved Africans, the Middle Passage was a journey of unimaginable suffering: packed tightly into the filthy holds of European ships, they endured weeks of hunger, disease, and violence. Death hovered over them at every moment as the air reeked of human waste and decay. Those who survived the passage faced an unknown future, their fates decided by the whim of a brutal system...