Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a key leader in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. Both […]
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Deadly Attack on French Newspaper
Between January 7 and 9, two armed gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical publication called Charlie Hebdo, located in a high-traffic area of central […]
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Satire and Political Cartoons: A Historical Slideshow
The militant Islamic attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have raised questions around the world. Such as, how does the right to free […]
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Bowl Game Mania! If you’re from Ohio, Alabama, Oregon or Florida, you likely spent the New Year rooting on your home team. For the rest […]
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James Brady Death Ruled “Homicide” In 1981, a man named John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate then president Ronald Reagan outside of the Washington Hilton […]
Landmark Deal on U.S.-Cuba Relations
Cuba is a country made up of islands located around 90 miles south of the tip of Florida. While it is a close neighbor of […]
Year in Review: Science and Technology
It seems like there are always significant advances in how we view, approach, expand on, and apply what we know and understand about both natural and […]
Year in Review: People and Culture
The btw Year in Review continues. This time, let’s examine some of the People and Culture events that made the news in 2014. Anniversaries This past […]
Year in Review: World News
We continue our look back at 2014 with a focus on events that happened around the world. In Ukraine, it was a time of excitement followed […]
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Tis the Season to be Awesome! Last year, btw enthusiastically brought you news of the wildly successful crowdfunding campaign called Project for Awesome. In 2007, “Vlogbrothers” […]