Celebrity Life
How World Leaders’ Reactions to Pearl Harbor Changed the Course of World War II
Within half an hour of the bombs falling on Hawaii, the phone rang in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s study. When the navy secretary came on the line, his voice was quavering: “Mr. President, it looks as if the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor.” At first, all Roosevelt could say was “No.” He then turned to…
Moderna Says New Vaccine for Omicron Variant May Be Ready in Early 2022
Moderna Inc. Chief Medical Officer Paul Burton said he suspects the new omicron coronavirus variant may elude current vaccines, and if so, a reformulated shot could be available early in the new year.“We should know about the ability of the current vaccine to provide protection in the next couple of weeks,” Burton said Sunday on…
How a Powhatan Tribal Chief Became One of Colonial America’s Greatest Military Leaders
During the late sixteenth century, a great American Indian chiefdom arose along the mid-Atlantic coast of North America. Named Tsenacommacah (densely inhabited land) by the peoples who lived along the rivers and shores of the Chesapeake Bay, the chiefdom stretched from the James River in the south to the Potomac River in the north and…
This Pioneering Officer Led an All-Black Women’s Army Corps Battalion in a Daunting World War II Mission: Saving Soldiers’ Mail
The “Six Triple Eight” was the only Black WAC unit to be deployed—and faced an impossible-seeming task
How a Miniature Emancipation Proclamation Helped Recruit Black Soldiers During the Civil War
The sight of Black soldiers distributing print to other Black people in a state that criminalized the teaching of reading to the enslaved summoned up a future shaped by the possibility of increased self-determination
War Crimes Committed by Both Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh, Amnesty Says
Videos show decapitations and the desecration of enemy fighters' corpses