Raymond J. de Souza: Quebec's war on Islam an attack on the religious liberty of all

Aggressive secularism, contrary to how it presents itself, has the same totalizing tendencies as the publicly assertive ...
The Daily Star

Education, class, and her memory

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote a short story “Souro Jagat” (The Solar System) in the early 1900s in which Gauhar, an ...

This Day in History: Pearl Harbor is attacked, spurring the U.S.'s entry into WWII

December 5, 1933. It’s last call for prohibition! The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th Amendment, thereby legalizing the ...
The Punch on MSN

Egbetokun, Kingibe call for stronger action against gender-based violence

Nigerian leaders, including Sen. Kingibe and IGP Egbetokun, call for stronger measures and unity to end gender-based violence ...

A surge of history on TV reflects race to define collective memory

A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian ...
Archaeology

On the Origin of the Pork Taboo

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...