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Dorothy Lichtenstein, President of the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Dies at 84
ARTnews· 6 hours agoDorothy Lichtenstein, the philanthropist widow to Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein and the cofounder of...
Martin Stolar, Lawyer Who Fought for Social Justice, Dies at 81
New York Times· 11 hours agoMartin R. Stolar, a prominent civil rights lawyer who in the early 1970s defended war resisters and...
How has the spelling bee become cool?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoLET’S UNPACK THAT: How the American Revolution led to formal spelling contests – and the spelling bee started a revolution of its own, one that even AI...
Wimbledon takes over New York City as the tournament expands beyond UK borders
ABC News via Yahoo Canada Sports· 17 hours agoIt might not be as big as the British Invasion -- a cultural movement in the mid 1960s when all...
Romance Bookstores Are Booming, Dishing ‘All the Hot Stuff You Can Imagine’
New York Times· 19 hours agoLast summer, when Mae Tingstrom had the idea to open a romance bookstore in Ventura, Calif., the...
Writers & Writing: Hatten biography recalls baseball glory days
telegraphherald.com· 21 hours ago“Joe Hatten: Bancroft Major Leaguer,” by Gene E. Miller (Wasteland Press, ISBN 978-1-68111-58-0)
On this day in history, July 7, 1930, Hoover Dam construction begins
AOL· 22 hours agoOn this day in history, July 7, 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam began. Ninety-six workers died during the construction of the dam from 1931 to 1936, according to a report from the U.S.
Opinion | Keep Political Beliefs Out of Medical Care?
New York Times· 2 days agoReaders discuss an article about how the Gaza war has been divisive at a hospital and medical...
A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?
New York Times· 2 days agoA felony, as Associate Justice Clarence Thomas once wrote in a 1994 Supreme Court opinion, is “as bad a word as you can give to man or thing.” When...
2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach
Toronto Star· 2 days agoFILE- Children play in the sand while others jog as a New York City Parks officer, center, walks the...