The People Have Spoken: No New Flag For New Zealand
More than 2 million New Zealanders voted to keep the Union Jack on their national flag, ending a 10-month process and squashing a move Prime Minister John Key said would make it easier to distinguish...
View ArticleThe Case For — And Against — Loving 'Love Actually'
The 10-year anniversary of the movie Love Actually seems to have pulled back a scab for some folks. These past few weeks, a battle over why you should love or hate the film has bubbled up on the...
View ArticleHey Hey Hey! Historian Draws Attention To '70s Black Animation Art
As a kid growing up during the 1970s and '80s, I would often spend the night at my cousin Chris' house. On Friday nights after my aunt sent us to bed and turned off the light, we would lay in our...
View ArticleThe Origin (And Hot Stank) Of The 'Chitlin' Circuit'
For many people, chitlins (or chitterlings) are a tasty (or, for some, nasty) soul food dish made out of pig intestines. If you can get past what they are (or how badly they stank when cleaned and...
View ArticleBeyonce, Jay Z And Solange Walk Into An Elevator ...
Our lives are recorded all the time, and what we're seeing behind the curtain makes us wonder whether or not we should be looking back there in the first place.The most recent example of this is the...
View ArticleMichael Jackson, We Barely Knew You
Just as there are those who seek to drag Mr. Jackson's name through the mud, there are those who insist that he was a saint, an angelic figure to be put on a pedestal. He was neither. Michael Jackson...
View ArticleHow 'Sassy' Came To Mean Something Both Sweet And Sour
In our semi-regular Word Watch feature, we take a look at a word or phrase that's caught our attention, whether for its history, usage, etymology, or just because it has an interesting story. I'm...
View ArticlePeople Be Triflin', From 'Bills, Bills, Bills' To The Bible
In our semi-regular Word Watch feature, we take a look at a word or phrase that's caught our attention, whether for its history, usage, etymology, or just because it has an interesting story.When I...
View ArticleShould You Do The Do-Over If There's A Chance For A Second Chance?
It's not often that people get a second chance, and in fact, for many people, there is no such thing as a second chance.In a 2011 post for PsychologyToday.com, Alex Lickerman, author, general...
View ArticleDid You Know It's Legal In Most States To Discriminate Against LGBT People?
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court hears arguments on same-sex marriage, which is now legal in about three dozen states.But it's also legal in most states to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleAs Twitter Flirts With Hearts, Will You Miss The Stars?
Some Twitter users pulled up their feed Tuesday and saw changes involving the reply, retweet and "fav" buttons.The main change — which many Android users got to see a few weeks ago — is the star icon...
View ArticleNew Delhi Steers Drivers To Park Cars So Residents Can Breathe Easier
New Delhi officials urged drivers to park their cars and use public transportation Thursday, in a new effort to combat air pollution.A major road closed for five hours and residents were encouraged to...
View ArticleTotem Pole Stolen 84 Years Ago By Actor John Barrymore Goes Home
A totem pole stolen by actor John Barrymore in 1931 that later ended up as a yard decoration for actor Vincent Price was returned to Alaska tribal members on Thursday.The Associated Press reports that...
View ArticleActor Idris Elba To U.K. Politicians: More Diverse Roles Needed
Updated on Jan. 27 to add video of speech:Idris Elba is expected to make a speech about a lack of diversity on British television before members of Parliament and senior TV executives on Monday,...
View ArticleThe People Have Spoken: No New Flag For New Zealand
More than 2 million New Zealanders voted to keep the Union Jack on their national flag, ending a 10-month process and squashing a move Prime Minister John Key said would make it easier to distinguish...
View Article#NPRreads: Finding A Point Of View
#NPRreads is a weekly feature on Twitter and on The Two-Way. The premise is simple: Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the...
View ArticleThe Days After: A Nation Reacts To The Week's Violence
People across the country joined protests and held vigils late this week, following two highly publicized police shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota. As those incidents dominated headlines and social...
View ArticleLISTEN: 8 Excerpts From The Attorney General's Post-July 4 Grilling On...
Attorney General Loretta Lynch testified before the House Judiciary Committee for several hours on Tuesday, fielding questions about the probe of Hillary Clinton's emails during her tenure as secretary...
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