This week in history, on May 17, 1954, the landmark Supreme Court case known as Brown v. The Board of Education was decided. It was this case that determined that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. (READ MORE)
In She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders, Jennifer -- formerly James -- Finney Boylan candidly tells the courageous story of her self-actualization, detailing her transition from manhood into womanhood.(READ MORE)
April showers bring May reads. Here's what we're most looking forward to reading this month.(READ MORE)
On April 29, 1992 -- twenty-one years ago, today -- Rodney King's arresting officers, who had all been charged with excessive force, as well as assault with a deadly weapon, in the arrest of Rodney King, were acquitted. The verdict, which led to the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, grew into one of the most destructive...(READ MORE)
Paris in Love chronicles a year in the life of New York Times bestselling author Eloisa James and the time she spent abroad in la ville de l'amour.(READ MORE)
This week is National Library Week, and to celebrate, we're looking back at Avi Steinberg's Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian.(READ MORE)
In Shocked, author Patricia Volk weaves together the lessons she learned from the two formative voices that most influenced her growing up from an adolescent girl into a woman: her traditionalist mother and the avant-garde, equally opinionated designer Elsa Schiaparelli. (READ MORE)
The Boston Marathon, held every year on Patriots' Day, is the world's oldest annual marathon. Today, we're looking back at its storied history. (READ MORE)
What can animals teach us about the human body and mind? Cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and science writer Kathryn Bowers set out to learn just that by researching how the similarities between animals and humans could help treat and diagnose patients of all kinds in their book Zoobiquity: What...(READ MORE)
In this week in history, Robert E. Lee turns his Confederate flag white and waves it in surrender on April 9, 1865. Over one hundred years later, Hank Aaron swung and landed his 715th home run, shattering Babe Ruth's baseball record of 714 home runs. (READ MORE)
