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A nation built by immigrants, America can’t shake its fears of foreigners
“Life, unauthorized” is a series from WHYY/NewsWorks t ...
8 years ago
Red hot in a green heaven — the day I became a Phillies fan
The late-setting July sun illuminated the canyon of freshly deserted mills on the avenue. Over-sized factory windows coated in senescent ...
8 years ago
What can we learn from George Orwell today?
There is much to be learned from George Orwell’s classic novel “1984,” written in 1949, which has suddenly jumped again ...
8 years ago
The changing nature of paper reflects the changing way we communicate
If music has charms to calm the savage breast, can art soothe the distraught body politic? “Paperscapes” at the ...
8 years ago
Black History Month is not enough
It’s that time of year again, Black History Month, the month that brings attention to the American history that doesn’t get much “a ...
8 years ago
Our 45th president could learn a lot from our 4th president
We tend to look to the past for guidance and wisdom. There are cues that today's political class should take from the fourth president of the United States, James Madison.
8 years ago
How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use
Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...
8 years ago
Listen 12:05The Mongols are coming! The Mongols are coming!
Donald Trump’s wall is sure to become a geo-political trivia question, which will likely be phrased, “What humongous ego tha ...
8 years ago
Trump’s vision of America’s past is bad for America’s future
When I was an undergrad at Temple, I was asked to create an illustration for an article about abortion to appear in the first issue of th ...
8 years ago
Trump, the CIA, and the historical fallacy
Donald Trump is correct: The American intelligence community misled us about Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction. So that mean ...
8 years ago