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PHOTOS BY RICK CAWLEY - FOR THE REVIEW Brielle Glodek forges ahead of an adjacent runner. Chris Costa nails his take-off in the Long Jump. CJ Taylor accelerates around the turn in the 200. Clare Pellicone gets good elevation in the Long Jump. Emily Fakette breezes by the field in the Cadet 100. Jack Coburn breaks ahead of competitors in his heat. Jackson Kane runs away from the field in the 200. Julia Tomosky rambles down the runway in the Long Jump. Katie Naveah gets an excellent take-off in t...

Alcohol has been a quiet, constant presence underlying the larger story of the pandemic,...

Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is super spooky, even before it transforms itself from a crumbling historical landmark to a downright creepy haunted house. Heres what you should know about the iconic landmark. 1. Eastern State Penitentiary was supported by some of Philadelphia’s most famous citizens. In the 18th century, Philadelphias prisons were an overcrowded mess: Adults and children, men and women, were kept in what amounted to large holding pens and left to their own devices...

Washington Crossing the Delaware

America has a history of medically abusing Black people. No wonder many are wary of COVID-19 vaccines Javonte Anderson, USA TODAY Replay Video Sandra Lindsay sat calmly as the needle pierced her flesh.  She gazed straight ahead at the swarm of journalists and cameras eager to capture this historic moment: She was receiving the first COVID-19 vaccination in the nation.   As the director of critical care nursing at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and someone who has witnessed...

David A. Bell’s Men on Horseback: The Power of Charisma in the Age of Revolution gallops through the eighteenth century to trace the modern emergence of charismatic leadership when romanticism met revolutionary politics. David A. Bell, WHAT MAKES leadership charismatic? That question has loomed large since the eighteenth century with transformations wrought by revolution and mass politics. Political hero worship has ties with authoritarian temptations, but it also has a place in the elector...

Courtesy of Heritage Auctions Volume III of the Journals of Congress, with the signatures of John Langdon and Gunning Bedford, Jr. Bidding begins at $10,000. Heritage Auctions will hold its first Rare Books Signature sale of 2021, June 9–10. Among a wide range of books and works on paper, one of the most significant lots to come to auction during this sale is the complete 13-volume set of the Journals of Congress, which cover proceedings from 1774 to 1788. “This set covers the first 13 Unit...

The Black Church is an institution that was forged in crises. Through slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow segregation and the civil rights era, the network of places of worship serving traditionally Black congregations has seen its fair share of traumatic events. In 2016, the Rev. Robert Franklin, former president of Morehouse College, acknowledged as much in a speech on urban ministries: “Disruption is the question, but the radical love ethic of Jesus is the response.” And that was before 20...

" " A group of young women toast the end of Prohibition in the luxury liner SS Manhattan, off New York, 1933. Before its repeal, the ships bar was required to close 12 miles out from the U.S. coast. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Drinking has been so widespread throughout history that Patrick McGovern, an archaeological chemist at the University of Pennsylvania, called it "a universal language" in an Economist article. Indeed, youre hard-pressed to find a culture or event in history ...

email article The contributions made by African and Black American medical professionals to health and wellness are many. While determining just how many lives these trailblazers saved is impossible, we know that without their imagination, knowledge, and desire to help others many lives would have been lost. Since it is Black History Month, now is the perfect time to recognize and celebrate some of the numerous contributions the Black community has afforded the medical industry and the wo...