Sylvester Stallone celebrates Philly’s first-ever Rocky Day: ‘Keep punching!’ The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows, but on Sunday, Philly was celebrating. Nearly 50 years after the 1976 Oscar-winning sports film “Rocky” introduced audiences to small-time boxer Rocky Balboa, Sylvester Stallone returned to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Balboa […]
‘America does not deserve me.’ Why Black people are leaving the United States Filmmaker Jameelah Nuriddin was locked down in Los Angeles during the pandemic, watching as the nation convulsed in protest over the murder of George Floyd, when she had an epiphany: “America does not deserve me.” As a […]
Indigenous Peoples’ Day lands on October 9 this year, and given that you’ve wandered over to this page today, you’re either a) curious to learn more about how this holiday came to be; b) eager to find out ways that you can honor and celebrate this special day; c) looking […]
Fall has arrived in Scandinavia, which means Nobel Prize season is here. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly awards. First up, as usual, is the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology, which will be […]
The 2024 Best Colleges Rankings Are Out: See Who’s on Top This year, the annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings underwent significant methodological changes, including the elimination of five longstanding factors and the addition of several new factors. Those adjustments led to some notable year-over-year position changes, particularly among schools […]