Native American Heritage Month: Kuwohi
Each year, millions of American and international tourists visit the over 400 National Park Service sites around the United States. The most popular park is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located on the border of Tennessee and North Carolina. (Other popular national parks include Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona; Zion National Park in Utah; […]
Cookbook Highlights Impact of African American Chefs
African American chefs have had a major impact on American food. Many of today’s popular food preparations, from delicious dinners to tasty treats, were developed by enslaved and free African Americans who lived there. However, most of these great chefs are unknown, and their important contributions have not received due credit. In 2000, though, a […]
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Increase Enrollment
During the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous factors caused Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to experience a significant rise in student applications and enrollment nationwide. While enrollment rates rose at HBCUs, American colleges and universities overall suffered record-breaking enrollment declines. How, then, did HBCUs attract new students and increase their numbers? Here btw takes a closer […]
New National Museum of African American Music Opens in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee calls itself Music City. Music lovers and tourists enjoy the many performance venues in downtown Nashville. Many famous country musicians started their careers here or make sure to perform here now: Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, Patsy Cline, Tim McGraw, Aaron Neville, and others. The contributions of African […]
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Pfizer Vaccine Now FDA Approved Although Americans have been receiving COVID vaccinations since early Spring, it was only last week that the Pfizer vaccine was fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because of the urgency of the pandemic, the FDA granted emergency use authorization. It is important to know, however, that the […]
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Finalizing the 2020 Presidential Election On Monday, December 14 the members of the electoral college met in each of the 50 states and in the District of Columbia to officially cast their votes representing the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Each of the state’s group of electors cast their votes in turn, starting with […]
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Fake-ation? The COVID-19 crisis has caused many people to have to cancel some of their favorite summer activities, such as playing and attending sports events, swimming in a pool or beach, visiting family, or going on a summer vacation. Of course, this has also had a significant economic impact on the travel industry, affecting everything […]
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“Let Us In” The House Intelligence Committee has officially begun its impeachment inquiry against Trump. The first stage of the investigation is to interview witnesses and gather testimony. This step is done behind closed doors and only by Committee leaders, to keep witnesses from working together to collaborate on their testimony. But last week, about […]
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Paradise, California: Six Months Later Six months ago, btw brought you the story of the devastating California Camp fire, which killed at least 85 people and destroyed thousands of structures, including homes. Eight thousand families survived the blaze, but lost their houses. Today, half a year later, roughly a thousand families in the town of […]
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John Glenn Dies at Age 95 John Glenn, one of the seven original American astronauts and the first American to orbit the earth, died on Thursday at Ohio State University hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He was 95 years old. Glenn made his famous space flight in 1962, during which he orbited the earth three times […]