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Virginia community colleges are dropping President John Tyler and others from their names amid racial reckoning

October 11, 2021 by Nick Anderson for The Washington Post

The national movement for social and racial justice led to fresh scrutiny of names honored in each of the system’s...

The Rise of the Robo-Voices

October 7, 2021 by Ellen Gamerman for The Wall Street Journal

The next time you see a movie or TV show that was dubbed from a foreign language, the voices you...

“Ground Zero” by Alan Gratz Wins 2021 Grateful American Book Prize

October 7, 2021

Chris Stevenson’s The Cannon of Courage and Michaela MacColl’s View from Pagoda Hill, will receive Honorable Mention awards

NEH Awards $87.8 Million in ARP Relief Funding for Economic Recovery to Cultural and Educational Institutions

October 4, 2021

Grant awards will preserve humanities jobs and support the reopening and rebuilding of humanities programs

History Matters
October 1 to October 15, 2021

October 1, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Banned Books Week
September 26 – October 2, 2021

September 26, 2021

Celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals.

Ancient Footprints Push Back Date of Human Arrival in the Americas

September 23, 2021 by Carl Zimmer for The New York Times

Human footprints found in New Mexico are about 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may have arrived...

Covid overtakes 1918 Spanish flu as deadliest disease in U.S. history

September 20, 2021 by Helen Branswell for STAT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 675,000 Americans died during the 1918 pandemic. Covid deaths stand at...

Sandra Day O’Connor
First Woman on the Supreme Court

September 17, 2021

Current Exhibit at the Supreme Court of the United States

History Matters
September 16 to September 30, 2021

September 16, 2021

Showing our children that their past is prelude to their future

Broadway is Back!

September 13, 2021

A Complete Guide to Broadway's Reopening

When it comes to COVID vaccines, look to the Founders for answers

September 13, 2021

General George Washington was fighting two foes when the Continental Army encamped at Valley Forge: the British and smallpox.

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