Photo: Metaweb GNU Free Documentation License Openly gay politician Harvey Milk dedicated his life to fighting for gay rights. He was assassinated in 1978. Age: Dec. at 48 (1930-1978) Birthplace: Long Island, New York, USA Also ranks #2 on The Most Important LGBTQ+ Thinkers ...
In particular, two years agohe helped sustain(while cagily showing skepticism towards) one of the most pernicious conspiracy theories still circulating in the cybersphere: that the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center towers were motivated by an attempt to coverup Pentagon financial malfeasance. ...
At the onset of the pandemic back in spring 2020, it was projected that tens of thousands of nonprofits across the U.S. would shut down in a year without technical or financial support. At the same time, millions of university students were sent home, with many forced to deal with cancel...
Shelley's close circle of friends included some of the most important progressive thinkers of the day, including his father-in-law, the philosopher William Godwin, and Leigh Hunt. Though Shelley's poetry and prose output remained steady throughout his life, most publishers and journals declined ...
Established authorities tend to reject everything these box-free thinkers put in front of them (in less than five minutes because they “can tell” at a glance it’s all rubbish). An ideal scientist would welcome anything that doesn’t fit his or her “known” truths. The history of ...
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They were the jumpstart to a “literary culture that had to either diversify or die.” And if we ignore the uncomfortable fact that literary culture died anyhow along with most of the reading public, then we get at the heart of what Morrison was to the author from virtually the very begin...
When were my imperfections met with compassion, and how was I shaped by that generosity?” Going into a new year she asks, “What if this year I could walk through my days appreciating all the imperfections that actually bring me joy, tell a story, teach something, invite my contribution,...
Sixty-one percent of consumers in a recent travel study consider themselves “Wishful Thinkers,” namely people who (prior to COVID-19) want to travel but don’t do it nearly enough. While some of these respondents pull the trigger now and again, the majority of them just aren’t taking...
Over the next several weeks and months, Senators, Congresspeople, media pundits, men (and women) on the street, newspaper columnists, elite “thinkers,” people on Twitter and Facebook, and pretty much anyone in any position of power are all going to be beaming the same message out to th...