AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar20 hours agoThe Philosopher Who Critiqued Effective Altruism More Than 250 Years AgoTIME - David Lay Williams and Michael Locke McLendon / Made by HistoryOn March 28, Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan will sentence former FTX chairman Sam Bankman-Fried on seven separate counts of fraud and conspiracy, with federal prosecutors asking for a sentence of 40 to 50 years behind bars. In some respects, Bankman-Fried’s story is familiar. He is hardly the first …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarOur Era Is One of Defensive Nationalism. It’s Happened BeforeTIME - B. S. Rabinowitz / Made by HistoryIn late 2023, voters in Argentina and the Netherlands elected right-wing populists promising dramatic changes. But these two countries aren’t alone. Around the world, nations have become deeply polarized. Tense elections involving far right candidates have occurred across the globe in Peru, Israel, …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe Pro-Russia Conspiracy Theory That Almost Convinced New Englanders to SecedeTIME - Nicholas DiPucchio / Made by HistoryGOP resistance to funding Ukraine’s war effort, along with the refusal by several Republicans to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been a clear sign that this is no longer the staunchly anti-Soviet, anti-Russia GOP of yesteryear. And it’s …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar2 days agoWhat Libraries Risk When They Go DigitalTIME - T.C.A Achintya / Made by HistoryOver the past few years, libraries and archives across the world have worked to digitize their resources. The United States, United Kingdom, and India, for instance, have all invested in expanding digital collections for their records. A recent ransomware attack on the British Library, and the many …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar3 days agoAmerica Needs a New Approach on Affordable Housing. History Offers a GuideTIME - Lily Geismer / Made by HistoryThe U.S. has a housing crisis — one only growing more serious with each day. In the District of Columbia, a recent report by the Urban Institute found that 12% of the city’s population of more than 82,000 residents does not have stable housing. The majority of D.C. residents navigating housing …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarThe U.S. Faces the Same Risks Ancient Rome Faced in Caesar’s DayTIME - Jeffrey E. Schulman / Made by HistorySpecial prosecutors’ investigations of Joe Biden and Donald Trump do not mark the first time political tensions spilled into the justice system. On Jan. 10, 49 B.C., Julius Caesar marched across the Rubicon river into Italy, launching a civil war against the Roman Republic. His reputed …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarWhen Southern Segregationists Gave Black Residents One-Way Bus Tickets NorthTIME - Allie R. Lopez / Made by HistoryIn the coming months, the United States Department of Health and Human Services plans to implement a newly proposed rule that would ensure proper allocation of federal welfare funds at the state level. As an ongoing civil lawsuit in Mississippi alleges, too often these funds get funneled into the …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarHow Republicans Learned to Love Tough Immigration RhetoricTIME - Brandon Rottinghaus / Made by HistoryWhen a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit hears arguments on Wednesday on whether to block a Texas law that allows police officers to arrest suspected undocumented immigrants, it will be just the latest chapter in the state’s wrangling with the federal government over …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarHow Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native AmericansTIME - Ashley R. Craig and Gregory D. Smithers / Made by HistoryOn March 20, 1924, the Commonwealth of Virginia enacted the nation’s cruelest, most draconian, segregation law. Designed to preserve white racial “purity,” the legislation became a model for states across the Jim Crow South and beyond. In the halls of Richmond’s capitol building, lawmakers …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarWhat to Know About Nowruz, a 3,000-Year-Old Festival Celebrated by Millions WorldwideTIME - Koh EweSome 300 million people around the world are starting their annual celebration of renewal and harmony with nature in what is to them the biggest cultural holiday of the year, typically involving 13 days of rituals. Nowruz (alternatively spelled Nauruz, Nauryz, Navruz, Nevruz, Nooruz, Norooz, Norouz, …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar10 Surprising Facts About St. Patrick’s DayTIME - Mallory MoenchSt. Patrick’s Day on March 17 is often marked in the U.S. by quirky traditions, such as Chicago dyeing its river emerald green, but the holiday has historical and religious roots in its origin country of Ireland. Here are 10 surprising facts you may not have known about how St. Patrick’s Day …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarWhy Politicians from the Emerald Isle Spend St. Patrick’s Day in WashingtonTIME - Darragh Gannon / Made by HistoryBy any measurement, this year's St. Patrick's Day in Washington, D.C., will be historic. On March 17, political leaders from both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will make their annual pilgrimage to the nation's capital to mark the holiday. The former, most notably, will be represented …