From the time of Hernando Cortez's conquest until 1821, Mexico was a colony of Spain. Mexico fought for and gained its independence in the early 1800s. On Sept. 16, 1810, in the town of Dolores Hidalgo, the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church's bells and exorted the local Indians to "r...

n London, wealthy Margot Mary Wendice had a brief love affair with the American writer Mark Halliday while her husband and professional tennis player Tony Wendice was on a tennis tour. Tony quits playing to dedicate to his wife and finds a regular job. She decides to give him a second chance for the...

A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Is...

A move towards sustainable energy is often talked about as an issue for big government, especially during the 2016 election. However, across the United States, progress is being made in biofuel, wind, and solar power at the grassroots. Atlantic national correspondent James Fallows and contributing w

Linsey Pollak turns a carrot into a clarinet using an electic drill a carrot and a saxophone mouthpiece, and plays it all in a matter of 5 minutes. Linsey Pollak is an Australian musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. He has recorded 31 albums, toured...

The Respect for Marriage Act official repeals the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricted marriage to exclusively being between a man and woman. It was trumped by the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, which established same-sex marriage as a 14th Amendment right.

The BeauEr, An Expandable Trailer, Is Revolutionizing The Camper Industry. Designer Beauer believes in a concept which he coined, "movehoming," which refers to the freedom of "living wherever one wants," as he told the SF Globe, spending a few months in one area, then driving to a region with a mor...

May 30, 1963 marked the fifteenth birthday of my sister Nancy Gerson in Mexico City. As first generation born in Mexico my parents decided to have a quinceañera celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. It has pre-Columbian roots in Mexico (Aztecs) and is widely celebrated by girls throughout Latin A

Official Video for "As It Was" by Harry Styles. inger Harry Styles today released his first new music in over two years.
The brisk, radio-friendly, pop-rock of ‘As It Was’ is the first taster of his third solo album, Harry’s House. To accompany the new track hitting streaming services, a video, s

The Avengers Trailer 2012 - Official movie teaser trailer in HD - starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson. The Avengers continues the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor" and "Captain America:...