Women won the right to vote in a number of countries before they won it in the U.S. New Zealand was the first, back in 1893, to pass women’s suffrage. Australia followed in 1902.…
Fashion trends, as cyclical as they are, can fizzle out, but sometimes come back. Some retro styles are even better the second time around. They can return in a big way, go mainstream, and…
You might think that the 21 Democratic candidates for president in 2020 (actually 20 — Bernie Sanders is an Independent), plus a couple over on the other side, represent an almost bewilderingly large field…
On October 5, 1941, the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean ended in Wenatchee, Washington, 41 hours after the plane left Japan. Thankfully, transoceanic flights are much faster nowadays, though being stuck in…
Even though summer is not technically over until the end of September, the beginning of the month already brings with it several signs that beach weather will soon be behind us. First, there is…
Thanks to technological advances, today’s world is smaller than ever before and people are moving around at unprecedented rates. According to recent United Nations estimates, the world has at any given time more than…
Over the last 100 years, Hollywood studios and surrounding areas were the filming locations for many classic movies. Southern California is not only the home base of many of the country’s largest production companies,…
The long-held notion that men, as breadwinners, should be paid more than women holding the same job has stopped being valid decades ago. The family unit has evolved with women and men sharing the…
Dog parks, also known as “off-leash dog areas,” are among the fastest growing park amenities in America’s cities, according to research by the Trust For Public Land. There are currently 810 dedicated dog parks…
If a country’s attitude towards gender equality is a factor in deciding where you’d travel to next, then your bucket list may look very different than the most visited countries in the world. Gender…
Pop icon Taylor Swift has enticed fans for months with new songs, videos, and social media teasers. The final payoff is just around the corner — Swift’s eagerly awaited seventh studio album, “Lover,” is…
24/7 Wall St.–Zogby Analytics Presidential Poll Since our last poll, released May 14th, Trump has improved his position against Democratic frontrunners Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. He is in a statistical dead heat with…
In a time when streaming services dominate the music industry and singles and individual plays drive the business, some might consider albums to be a dying art form. Since the emergence of Napster in…
The world before vaccines was vastly different than today. Children — and adults — regularly contracted serious infectious diseases that up until recently have been but a distant memory. The paralytic disease polio has…
El término “calorías” puede dar miedo. ¿Cuántas debe consumir una persona por día para perder peso o mantener un peso saludable? La respuesta no es complaciente — depende. Resulta todavía más complicado, porque no…
Milkshakes and malts — which are just shakes with malted milk powder added — have been around for generations. There was mention of a prototype milkshake, described as “an Atlanta drink,” in the Atlanta…
In 2007, the United States was presented with a frightening fact: managed honey bee populations were dying off at an alarming rate, raising the specter of a future compromised by crop failures and food…
Mucha gente se esfuerza durante meses para poder lucir su cuerpo en el verano. Después llega el verano y reemplazamos la alimentación saludable y varios días de ejercicio por semana por fiestas en la…
This would be a particularly bad time for certain legal immigrants to apply for a green card or a visa or visa extension in Fresno, California — or in Columbus, Ohio, or El Paso,…
A milkshake — or just a shake — is a cold dessert-like drink traditionally made with milk, ice cream, and one or more flavorings, blended together until frothy. The term “milkshake” comes from the…
