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President Barack Obama walks in the Residential Drug Abuse Prevention Unit at El Reno Prison after making a statement to the press, in El Reno, Okla., July 16, 2015. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Reforming Our Prisons

July 30, 2015 btwuser 0

Last month, President Obama made a visit to the El Reno Correctional Institution in El Reno, Oklahoma, making him the first sitting American president to […]

Room for rent in Greece. Photo: Glow Images

Stuff YOU Should Know

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Close Up on Pluto Back in 2006, NASA launched New Horizons, a mission to explore the Kuiper belt. This is the region of our solar […]

YOU DECIDE: Is the Iran Deal Good for the United States?

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As btw reported back in April, many countries have viewed Iran’s nuclear ambitions as a considerable threat. In 2006, a diplomatic group made up of […]

The crowd reacts as the ruling on same-sex marriage was announced outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday June 26, 2015. Photo: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Landmark Ruling on Marriage Equality

July 1, 2015 btwuser 0

At the end of June, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ended its 2014–2015 term with a number of hot-topic decisions. One of […]

YOU DECIDE: A Woman on the $10?

June 25, 2015 btwuser 0

On June 17, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced that a woman would be featured on a reissue of the ten-dollar bill. The response to […]

South Carolina Statehouse. Photo: Ilene MacDonald/Alamy

Charleston Deaths Cause National Debate

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On Wednesday, June 18, in Charleston, South Carolina, nine African American members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church were shot and killed while attending […]

Bottled water. Photo: webphotographeer/Getty Images

Stuff YOU Should Know

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Zimbabwe Demonetizes Currency When the African country Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980 from British rule, its currency had the approximate value of $1.25 US […]

Black Civil War re-enactors Lt James Hayes (from left), Samuel Stephenson and Marvin-Alonzo Greer are shown during a Juneteenth celebration at the Atlanta Cyclorama and Civil War Museum. Photo: AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson

Happy Juneteenth

June 19, 2015 btwuser 0

President Abraham Lincoln declared an end to slavery in the United States with the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862. Following the Union army’s success at […]

Houses of Parliament, London, England. Photo: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division [LC-USZ62-94166]

Happy 800th Birthday, Magna Carta!

June 19, 2015 btwuser 0

If there were a Hall of Fame for historical documents, the Magna Carta would be its most valuable player. It is considered one of the […]

Stuff YOU Should Know

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Is Cooking Monkey Business? Consuming cooked food is considered to be an important evolutionary milestone for the human race. Since chimpanzees are closely linked to […]