For many of the 1,800 Delta flight attendants based at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, the upcoming vote to form a union is about more than wages, benefits and work rules. It’s about getting back what they lost after Delta’s merger with MSP-based Northwest Airlines four years ago.
Ebola. Measles. Bird flu. Get the straight dope from this "rap guide to infection" from the creator of the Off-Broadway hit show "The Rap Guide to Evolution."
The Friendship 9 were beaten, prosecuted and convicted for sitting-in against segregation in South Carolina in 1961. This week Ernest Finney, the attorney that represented them in 1961, and South Carolina prosecutor Kevin Brackett asked the court to clear their names.
From Rhiannon Giddens' debut solo album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, due February 10 on Nonesuch Records. Reviving, interpreting, and recasting traditional material from a variety of sources has been central to Giddens’ career, especially in her groundbreaking work with the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins reads "fan mail" he has received from some of his not-so-great admirers. Parental Discretion Advised.
The composition "Alabama" was released in 1963 shortly after the horrific murder of four little girls in a church in Birmingham, AL. Some jazz writers claim that the tune is not about these four girls. Steve Rowland disagrees and thinks that Coltrane might have based his composition on Martin Luther King's moving eulogy. See what you think!
From the beginning of experimentation over one thousand years ago to the creation to modern vaccination techniques, millions of lives have been saved from deadly diseases. This motion graphic created for Carrington College is an excellent explanation of how vaccines have changed the practice of medicine forever.
Which Tea Party rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union address will win this year's Implody award?
A brand new Song Around The World, "Lean On Me", for The Art of Saving a Life campaign! The support of Playing For Change global family shows the amazing impact art can have. Learn more at artofsavingalife. and join in this effort to improve children’s health around the world!
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