Nostalgia can be a trap. Gazing back fondly at some half-remembered, possibly fictitious version of the past is a surefire way to feel dissatisfied with the present and fearful for the future. What might be more constructive than looking backwards, though, is looking around—at the people who seem to be thriving in other versions of the present. This is partly why the most recent World Happiness Report is such a hard pill for Americans to swallow. The annual report, conducted by Gallup World...
Dreaming of a white picket fence? It might only be a dream.
According to former President Harry S. Truman, “America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” That is a belief U.S. Air Force Capt. Mason Zhang, 60th Diagnostics & Therapeutic Squadron inpatient pharmacy chief, holds very dear to himself and his family’s cultural background.
Tom Bixler and several hundred of his co-workers produced top-quality glassware at the Libbey Glass plant in Toledo, Ohio, over the years while keeping the aging equipment there operating through sheer grit. They even set efficiency standards despite the steep odds and carried the company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy, all to ensure the sprawling manufacturing complex remained More
The American hostage is featured along with Israeli hostage Omri Miran, who have both been in captivity for more than 200 days.
Back during the Trump years, the media spent an inordinate amount of time dissecting every last detail of this tabloid journalism fodder we’re now seeing play out in a New York City courtroom — whi
Italians, British people and Americans accounted for the biggest migrant groups to move to Amsterdam last year, according to new research by the city’s statistics office O&S. Some 36% of Amsterdam’s population of 918,000 have roots abroad, and over half of them – 173,540 – arrived in the past 10 years. Turkey, Germany, France, India, Ukraine, Spain and Russia complete the top 10 immigrant groups, O&S said. “The results of the research reflect what is happening on the world stage,”
Havana, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The new TV program of the emblematic Cuban institution Casa de las Americas, available on the Internet, is presented as a unique opportunity to enjoy the cultural diversity of Latin America and the Caribbean. The post New Cuban program reflects Latin American cultural diversity first appeared on Prensa Latina.
Neon has released a new trailer for the wonderful-looking new animated film Robot Dreams. The film follows the adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in NYC during...
On Sunday night (April 28), Scotty McCreery returned to the stage where his career started when he won American Idol 13 years ago. Scotty McCreery was just 17 years old when he took home the American Idol crown in 2011. The North Carolina native is the series’ youngest male winner ever and is one of […]
Hamas released new footage of hostages on Saturday. The undated video is the first time the captives, Omri Miran and American Israeli Keith Siegal, have been seen since they were taken by Hamas on October 7th. NBC News’ Meagan Fitzgerald has family reaction and the mounting push to bring the hostages home.
The Nothing Phone (2a) unveiled last month comes in black, white, and milk color versions. Next week, these will be joined by "a new edition" that's teased by Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart. The Nothing Phone (2a) new edition will be launched in India on April 29 at noon local time. The image used by Flipkart to tease the new edition shows the smartphone's design, which is expectedly similar to the standard models. Neither Nothing nor Flipkart has revealed how the Phone (2a)'s new edition...