Biographer Gwinn writes in Emily Greene Balch: The Long Road to Internationalism that Balch ?had been fundamental to the life and work of Jane Addams and other settlement and peace workers; she had been an influential teacher, revered friend, a respected scholar and visionary thinker." Dr. Mukherjee, author of Emperor of All Maladies, explains with great clarity just exactly what cancer is, how much we know about it at this point, and possible new directions in which the world of science might proceed to deal with it.

"Some people think genes are destiny, that if you have a specific gene, then you will have a particular outcome. That is definitely not the case. This gene is one factor that influences psychological resources and depression, but there is plenty of room for environmental factors as well.?

I would never, ever become a slave to the soaps, I always asserted, looking down my nose at my weak-minded sisters. Yeah, well never say ?never.? It?s time for me to confess: My name is Rose, and I am a Soapaholic

As a rule, those with higher levels of education and higher levels of income are more likely to follow most of the local news topics asked about, particularly those with a civic dimension such as politics, government news, and community events.

Nine Republican presidential candidates debated for two hours in Orlando, Fla., and they served up more exaggerations and falsehoods ? about Obama, each other, and even Thomas Jefferson

With state and municipal budgets shrinking and public safety resources diminishing, public surveillance camera systems offer local law enforcement agencies a cost-effective way to deter, document, and reduce crime

Julia Sneden reviews 1493 by Charles Mann and wonders whether it would come up to the standard Mann had set so high with 1491. She writes, "The answer, dear reader, is a resounding 'Yes!' That answer does not, however, come without a few caveats."

Julia Sneden writes: Just leave me alone with my books, my real, physical, weighty books. Just try entering ?e-book? into Google, if you want a lesson in technological confusion. Our public libraries are struggling with the parameters of e-book usage as are the publishers

As it becomes more difficult to get state legislatures to pass tax increases, people who think cash-strapped states have cut budgets too much are taking their case straight to voters.

A New York Times art critic called Chrysler the most underrated American collector of his time. He was known for buying against fashion, as he had confidence that the special qualities he saw in various pieces would gain acceptance later.

Drink can be a great tool for assessing character. I hope my granddaughters can see that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles the way his date drinks ? or doesn?t ? as much as by how he handles his own drink.

Women were the secret weapon of the civil rights movement. For the most part, the men made the speeches and did the press interviews, and the women did the work. If they hadn?t, all those great plans would not have gotten past the talking stage.

Older states, such as Maine, Vermont, West Virginia and New Hampshire, may have less time than others to prepare for challenges such as providing long-term care for a growing elderly population 

"We knew that treating pregnant women and parents differently when issuing a mortgage could be a violation of the federal Fair Housing Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender or family status, amongst other categories"

We?re not taking our eyes off the road and our hands off the wheel to make out with a ?friend with benefits? in the passenger seat, or on our lap. (We don?t have many friends left alive ? with or without benefits.)

Consider the 1950s 'Rose & Bow' Dress, a design adopted developed from an original day dress in the V&A's archives. Fitted waist and boice, free hips, 100 % cotton. The dress is worn over a "Superwhoosh"1950s petticoat for additional volume

Almost 700 miles from the Washington MLK memorial is another civil rights memorial, with the names of 40 who were killed between the May 17, 1954 Brown decision and Dr. King?s assassination on April 4,1968. Most were black men; six were female; seven were children; eight were white.

In 1963 Rockwell confronted the issue of prejudice head-on with this, one of his most powerful paintings. Inspired by the story of Ruby Bridges and school integration, the image featured a young African-American girl being escorted to school by four U.S. marshals amidst signs of protest and fearful ignorance When Ruby Bridges visited the Oval Office on July 15, President Obama told her, "I think it's fair to say that if it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't be here today." November 14, 2010 m…

My grandmother's tall, glass-fronted bookcase swayed out from the wall. Its doors flew open, spewing books onto the floor. She quickly jumped into a doorway. She shut her eyes, waiting for the crash, but another swift jolt caused the bookcase to jerk back against the wall with a bang, and that was it. The quake was over

15 months after Dr. King?s famous speech at the 1963 march and rally, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover told a group of women reporters that King was "the most notorious liar in the country." This came in reaction to newspaper reports of a mild criticism by King of the FBI?s handling of civil rights complaints in the South.

A week of celebration of Martin Luther King?s legacy began on August 22 with a press preview of the memorial to Dr. King on a four-acre site on the National Mall. It will end on August 28, the 48th anniversary of the famous March on Washington, when President Obama dedicates a memorial to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

Recently, we had our fingerprints taken for a US government traveler's identification system. What we didn't realize was that we had lost an integral part of our personal identity.

Doris O'Brien writes: "I bought a pair of chic, shiny blue wedgies to wear as Mother of the Bride. They matched my dress and felt gratifyingly comfortable. By the end of the ceremony, I was being whisked back in a golf cart to my hotel room in order to change shoes, so that I could dance at the wedding."

Women who lost husbands years ago tell me that their memory, in time, becomes only a shadow. They recall them fondly ... maybe too fondly. But that is how it should be ? for the living and the dead