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The Spanish and Portuguese introduced peanuts to Africa from where they were transported to America via the slave trade; the word goober is the Kimbundu word, nguba, meaning “kidney shaped.”

Where do we go in the coming year? We hope to begin to turn vision into reality. To not only turn the page, but to begin a new chapter.

In a new HBO series, Cullen Hoback falls deep into a rabbit-hole while investigating the conspiracy theory-spreading cult

One year after people began to quarantine, Robert Perry’s poetry captures the slow realization as one day passes into the next how daydreaming eases the loneliness.

Senate filibuster, invented to uphold slavery, needs abolishing before any progressive legislation passes. The author offers an insider’s account of how reactionary politicians use the upper house to repress working people and hamstring democracy.

This book, writes reviewer Nair, "recovers a long-forgotten history of urban organizing," by focusing on five Chicago and Philadelphia groups that were active in the 1960s and 1970s.

The juxtaposition of cowboys with urban life is a unique spin on neo-westerns, particularly due to the lack of black representation in the genre.

Observational research has found that tea consumption of 2-3 cups daily is associated with a reduced risk of premature death, heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes; studies suggest potential benefits are due to its high polyphenol content.

American Gods star Dana Aliya Levinson on the Grand Peacock Inn's "radical" queer divinity: "To feel celebrated and uplifted in a sexual scene, was just incredibly healing."

Hayden Saunier’s poem about the moon walk evokes a hidden memory of wartime trauma.