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Three members of a racially mixed group of college student "freedom riders" catch a nap on May 20, 1961 in the Birmingham bus station after they were thwarted several times in attempts to board busses to Montgomery. Left to right are Susan Hermann, Etta Simpson and Frederick Leonard. All attend college in Nashville, Tenn. © Horace Cort/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=6105200114&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Oldest

Black History is American History

February 11, 2016 btwuser 0

For the first time in history, more than half of children born in America (according to the 2012 US Census Bureau) are minorities. As the […]

The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. In this photo from Jan. 9, 1986, the Challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. © NASA. MHE World.

Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

February 3, 2016 btwuser 0

On January 28, 1986, NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven who were on-board, including the first civilian into space. Amid the wave of […]

President Barack Obama speaks with the attendees following a meeting in the Oval Office on the executive actions he can take to curb gun violence, Jan. 4, 2016. Listening to the President, from left: Neil Eggleston, Counsel to the President; Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates; Eric Nguyen, Associate Counsel to the President; Michael Bosworth, Deputy Counsel to the President; Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett; Attorney General Loretta Lynch; Natalie Quillian, Deputy Assistant to the President (partially hidden behind the Attorney General) and FBI Director James Comey. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/january-2016-photo-day

Obama’s Executive Action on Gun Control

January 6, 2016 btwuser 0

In his first weekly address of the New Year, President Obama announced that he would pursue Executive Action as a way to implement gun control […]

Audience members standing on treadmills listen as President Barack Obama makes remarks at the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse in La Crosse, Wisc., July 2, 2015. © Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/july-2015-photo-day.

Obamacare: Two Years In

December 14, 2015 btwuser 0

You have heard it called “Obamacare.” Ever since its official passage, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often shortened to the Affordable Care Act, […]

Activist and graduate student Jonathan Butler gestures to invite bystanders to join a "We Are Not Afraid" march including local and regional Concerned Student 1950 supporters Friday, Nov. 13, 2015 while in Greek town on Richmond Avenue on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia, Mo. (Daniel Brenner/Columbia Daily Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT. Daniel Brenner/Columbia Daily Tribune/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/University-Of-Missouri-Turmoil/6d659b410779467fa45a66c88ae04a19/1/0.

Students Force Change at University of Missouri

November 20, 2015 btwuser 0

It’s been more than a year since the shooting death of Michael Brown flared racial tensions in Ferguson, Missouri and led to massive protests. Earlier this […]

President Barack Obama, with Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco, reacts while glancing at cable TV coverage of the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., in the Outer Oval Office, Oct. 1, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. https://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/photogallery/october-2015-photo-day.

Another Episode of Gun Violence

October 9, 2015 btwuser 0

On October 1, a shooter opened fire on a classroom of students at the Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Ten people died (nine students […]

Magaliesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. photographer/AP Images. Photographer: Themba Hadebe. Magaliesburg, South Africa

Meet Homo Naledi

September 21, 2015 btwuser 0

Earlier this month, paleoanthropologists in South Africa announced that they have discovered a new species of hominid. Hominid is the name of the biological family […]

Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans flooding. Courtesy of NOAA. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Business Unit Rights: MHE World Distribution Rights: World Adaptation Rights: Yes"

Remembering Hurricane Katrina Ten Years Later

September 4, 2015 btwuser 0

You’ve likely heard a number of tenth anniversary stories regarding Katrina, the hurricane that ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. Here is a story looking […]