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A new exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum brings together the Black Modernist painter’s most famous series for the first time in more than 75 years The early 20th century produced an audaciously talented but tragic figure in the painter William H. Johnson. From his very humble beginnings in the Jim Crow South, heContinue reading “How Painting Portraits of Freedom Fighters Became William H. Johnson’s Life’s Work”

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long before maize arrived in the region Eli Wizevich History Correspondent Thousands of years before avocados graced supermarket shelves or were spread across sourdough toast, they were once a staple in the diets of ground sloths, gomphotheres and toxodons that roamed across CentralContinue reading “New Study Reveals How Humans Cultivated Avocados Over Thousands of Years”

Grace is in turmoil. Her life is moving slowly but each moment feels like a scene from a horror film. Doctors are saying viruses and PTSD is the cause for so much destruction  but Grace is trying to figure out from where or who?  So she decides to trace back her most traumatic and dramaticContinue reading “Excerpt from: One’s journey into learning the difference between drama and trauma”

The well-preserved thermal bath complex was unearthed at a lavish home likely owned by a member of the ancient city’s elite A lavish thermal bath complex has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient city that was frozen in time following Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. Archaeologists say it may be one of the largest discoveriesContinue reading “Archaeologists in Pompeii Discover Private Spa Where Dozens of Guests Bathed in Luxury 2,000 Years Ago”