Tag: Obituary
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...
How Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts infused one of the greatest...
Victor Coelho, Boston University
In an era when rock drummers were larger-than-life showmen with big kits and egos to...
Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and ‘peacemaker in a hostile...
Carole Sargent, Georgetown University
To Sister Ardeth Platte, who died on Sept. 30 at 84, antinuclear activism was a form of public worship.
Explaining to a...
What’s behind our appetite for self-destruction?
Mark Canada, Indiana University and Christina Downey, Indiana University
Each new year, people vow to put an end to self-destructive habits like smoking, overeating or...
Tom Wolfe elevated journalism into enduring literature
William McKeen, Boston University
In 20th-century popular culture, journalists were portrayed as needy hacks desperate to write the Great American Novel. Journalism was the means...
EXPLORING NATURE
Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...
Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and...
