Fires raged on and the native groups became at risk the losing cultural memory of thousands of years of stories, sites, and traditions. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples are some of the native groups that were directly impacted by the recent Australian bush fires.
Organized in 1999, a group of jihadist militants formed an organization which essentially mirrored the already-existent Al-Qaeda of Afghanistan, which has dubbed their common referential name, Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
It was always “The Pink House”. The house has been unoccupied most of my childhood (presumably since 1995). And so, I have seen it fall into the state it is in now. Last year, I was given the opportunity to tour through the house as I was assisting the former owners with the funding of a restoration of another structure that they had in the North Hill Historic District. It was within the tour that some of the story came alive.
The fifteenth century in Spain (the point from which the discovery of America emanated) was marked by the cessation of the Crusades, by treaties, made between the Moors and Christians of Spain and France, the Porte and Venice, of amity and commerce.
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to New England to visit with some colleagues in Keene, New Hampshire and Boston, Massachusetts. Embracing the cold, I embarked on the journey with the storm behind me.
Recently, NARA has made a controversial move that has directly impacted many’s perceptions of the institution. In January of 2020, the organization utilized a 2017 Women’s March on Washington Getty image for the juxtaposition of their Women’s Suffrage exhibit. However, within this image, particular words referring to anatomical parts of the body and negative references to the President have been purposefully blurred.