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Tommie Smith’s Raised Fist at the 1968 Olympics Inspired a Massive Golden Sculpture That Signifies...
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoThe 200-meter dash at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics lasted 19.8 seconds, and gold medalist Tommie Smith’s world record lasted 11 years. Bridge, an installation by conceptual ...
How JD Vance's Ohio hometown defied his expectations
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoVance's "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis" tried to explain the mindset of white Appalachian voters at a time when many...
How Peacock turned 'Love Island USA' into the summer's must-see reality show
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoOf “Love Island USA,” that is. Spun off from the U.K. original — which we broke down in exquisite...
Separating Alice Munro from the likes of Roald Dahl and Richard Wagner
Toronto Star· 1 day agoRoman poet Virgil began his epic “Aeneid” with the words, “I sing of arms and the man.” Of course,...
Pritzker moves closer to creating 'Silicon Valley of quantum development' at former South Works site
Chicago Sun-Times· 1 day agoS. Steel South Works facility. The campus will be anchored by PsiQuantum, a Palo Alto, California-based company, which announced plans Thursday morning ...
36 Historical Images That Are Genuinely Wild To See Now
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 1 day agou/Buttuglymartiansa / Via reddit.com 6.This penny from 1943 that was made with steel, because the...
Opinion | Trump Ignores the Ruinous History of Tariffs
New York Times· 1 day agoDonald Trump’s economic panacea is to impose over-the-top tariffs on all imports, potentially...
Israel is spying on Hezbollah commanders — and killing them one by one
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoIsrael has assassinated two dozen Hezbollah commanders in Lebanon since last fall amid an...
Israel is spying on Hezbollah commanders — and killing them one by one
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoThe third assassination took place that night, when a missile slammed into a three-story building in...
Ford’s 1964 Indy V8 Would Forever Change the Look and Sound of the Indy 500
MotorTrend· 1 day agoFor nearly twenty years, Offenhauser engines had won the Indy 500, practically making it a spec racing series, but that’s when Ford took interest. With the 1962 season, Ford ...