Tag: Obituary
Navalny dies in prison, authorities say − but his blueprint for...
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
Long lines of Russians endured subzero temperatures in January 2024 to demand that anti-Ukraine war...
Chef Bill Granger’s inadvertent legacy – the avocado toast meme
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
On Christmas Day 2023, world-renowned Australian chef and restaurateur Bill Granger died at 54.
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on...
Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Have you heard of Jaz Brisack, Liz...
Gilbert Gottfried and the mechanics of crafting one of the most...
Erica Tobolski, University of South Carolina
Though Gilbert Gottfried’s voice has alternatively been described...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the...
bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through...
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
I was introduced to the work of bell hooks for the first time...
As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’...
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history.
The former secretary...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
