Today in History: La Dolce Vita has its film premiere in Italy
In 1960 "La Dolce Vita" directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg has its film premiere in Italy. On February 3, 1960, the Italian dramedy 'La dolce...
An Introduction to James Baldwin
James Arthur Baldwin (1924 – 1987) was born in Harlem, New York on August 2, 1924 to Emma Berdis Jones, originally from Deal Island, Maryland. He was reared by his mother...
Today in History: Dr. Strangelove premieres
Stanley Kubrick’s black comic masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb opens in theaters to both critical and popular acclaim. The movie’s popularity was...
The American Museum of Natural History to Close Exhibits Displaying Native American Belongings
The American Museum of Natural History, one of the country’s largest museums whose prestige was built in part on excavating Native American gravesites, is shuttering some of its longtime exhibits that...
New Works to Enter the Public Domain in 2024
Each year on January 1, a collection of copyrighted work loses its protected status and enters the public domain. This is marked with the celebration of Public Domain Day. We celebrated the...
A Guide To Your First Marijuana Dab
Like tequila – there are beginners and experience drinkers….each having their own journey. In the cannabis world you have people who microdose gummies and those who want a deeper, stronger experience...
Today in History – Edgar Allan Poe was born
No writer has the ability to evoke a sense of horror and dread more effectively than Edgar Allan Poe, born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Poe’s parents were actors....
Internal prison files suggest Epstein ‘suicide’ coverup
US government documents suggest prison officials colluded to blame the sex predator financier for his own death before an official autopsy had concluded. The revelations have been met with general silence...
Israel is recruiting Africans to plug its farm work shortage
Thousands of young Malawians are packing their bags for a chance to make serious money in Israel working on farms and orchards. Some 15,000 Palestinian workers recently lost their jobs when...
Washington Post erases Israeli minister’s farfetched October 7 rape claim at his request
A note explaining the retraction of the claim that Hamas militants had specific orders as to “which commander should rape which soldiers” indicates the publication censored itself at the behest of...