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The poet W. S. Merwin was—like many of us, perhaps—preoccupied with his own mortality. He wrote about it often, most famously in “For the Anniversary of My Death”: “Every year without knowing it I have passed the day / When the last fires will wave to me / And the …

On International Women’s Day in 2018, the Barbie brand launched its “Inspiring Women Series,” spotlighting historical women role models who opened doors for young girls to reach for the impossible.   This year, civil rights activist, journalist, and suffragette Ida B. Wells will have her likeness made into a signature doll …

Photo: Billion Images (Shutterstock) On January 6, 2022, NBC news addressed the recurring and controversial conversation about books by Black authors being banned in schools all around the U.S. Ironically, this story resurfaced on the anniversary of the coup that transpired a year prior. The most obvious connection between the …

During his 1964 acceptance speech for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Sidney Poitier, slightly winded from his trek to the stage, breathily asserted, “Because it is a long journey to this moment, I am naturally indebted to countless numbers of people.” Poitier’s labored emphasis on the “long journey to …

On Jan. 4, 61-year-old Willie Stokes became the latest Black man to be released from prison after spending decades behind bars for a crime he did not commit. He was convicted of murder in 1984, largely based on the testimony of Franklin Lee, a neighborhood friend who claimed Stokes had …

15th September 1980: Sidney Poitier , the American actor and film director. Hollywood’s first real black star, his films include ‘Something of Value’ in 1957, ‘Lilies of the Field’ in 1963 and ‘In the Heat of the Night’ in 1967. He directed ‘Stir Crazy’ in 1980. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty …

For fans of spy movies and television shows, a visit to CIA headquarters will be disappointing. The visitor center looks nothing like the high-tech offices of Jason Bourne and Carrie Mathison. Instead, the entry to America’s best-known intelligence agency has more of a shabby post-office feel. There are teller windows …

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, sick patients overwhelmed hospitals, which led to a recommended national shutdown of fertility clinics from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine. Unfortunately the pandemic and the subsequent March 2020 shutdown halted thousands of in vitro fertilization cycles. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam reveals that …

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., conduct a news conference in Cannon Building on the anniversary of the January 6th riot, where they alleged the government’s possible involvement in the attack, on Thursday, January 6, 2022.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc (Getty Images) While many people were reflecting …

“A sea lion on the freeway is really, really rare,” says Eric Otjen, head of Sea World San Diego’s rescue team. “It’s one for the record books.” Yet that’s exactly what brought traffic on the 94 East highway to a standstill on Friday morning: a Black couple got out of …