Blurred Bylines

From Cindy Paulson to Susan Kuhnhausen, Mary Vincent to Whitney Bennett, these survivors of killers fought for their lives. Here are their stories of survival.

Through hiding rice seeds in their hair, West African slaves and their Maroon descendants forever altered the course of European colonialism in the Americas.

Part 2 of this series examines the words and actions of the Trump and Obama administrations, Week 6 through Week 10 of swine flu and coronavirus in the U.S.

During the presidencies of Donald Trump and Barack Obama, global pandemics enveloped the world and affected the everyday lives of Americans from coast to coast. We compare the administrations’ responses to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and H1N1 (swine flu), week by week.

As the early signs of coronavirus hit the globe, some countries, like Vietnam and South Korea, sprang into action. Others, like the U.S., did not, opting to ignore available testing kits and refusing to acknowledge the seriousness of COVID-19 for weeks in an effort to minimize the impact on an upcoming election.  

At their core, spinsters, also called old maids, were professional-minded women who rejected the expectations set forth by Progressive Era society.

Once temporary solutions, portable classrooms are permanent fixtures in schools across the U.S. today. Do any laws affect them, and what are their potential effects on students’ health and academic success?