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VP Kamala Harris praises Beyoncé for reclaiming country music’s Black roots
After receiving a considerable about of backlash for performing alongside the Chicks at the 2016 Country Music Awards, where they collaborated on a rendition of “Daddy Lessons” off her album “Lemonade,” Beyoncé went ahead and gathered up some of the genre’s legends — Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Linda Martell — for the release of her latest full-length, “Cowboy Carter,” which …
How the Chocolate Islands are rediscovering their roots
(Image credit: HBD Príncipe) São Tomé and Príncipe, once the biggest producer of chocolate in the world, is revitalising its chocolate trade. I It took me less than half an hour at Claudio Corallo’s chocolate factory in the sultry capital of São Tomé and Príncipe to realise that everything I’d ever known about chocolate was …
The evolution of tree roots may have driven mass extinctions
Scientists collect rock samples on Ymer Island in eastern Greenland, one of several sites whose analysis provided insight into the chemical makeup of lake beds in the Devonian Period. Credit: John Marshall, University of Southampton. The evolution of tree roots may have triggered a series of mass extinctions that rocked the Earth’s oceans during the …
Our Culture’s Native Roots
The origins of Canadian culture and identity are tangled and knotted, but if you dig deeply, some surprising roots are revealed. Revisionist authors as widely divergent as McGill’s Bruce Trigger (Children of Aataenisic), feminist Paula Gunn Allen (Who Is Your Mother? The Red Roots of White Feminism), and popular writers like Ronald Wright (Stolen Continents), …
With Roots In Civil Rights Era, Community Health Clinics Fight Pandemic : Shots
Delta Health Center, in rural northwest Mississippi, was founded in the 1960s and is one of the country’s first community health centers. Delta’s leaders say community health centers all over the U.S. are trusted institutions which can help distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom hide caption toggle caption Shalina Chatlani/Gulf States Newsroom Delta Health …
Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness leverages Aiken’s nuclear roots for education | Sunday Best
For years, a local nonprofit has worked to educate the masses and dispel rumors and misconceptions about all things nuclear, a critical mission in light of Aiken County’s intimate relationship with the Savannah River Site. Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness – or CNTA, as with all things atomic, there are abbreviations – serves to educate the …
“There’s No Place Like Home” Has Deep Roots in the Brain
By monitoring a well-replicated biomarker associated with reward, a study by neuroscientists from Florida Atlantic University provides evidence that the old adage, “There’s no place like home,” has its roots deep in the brain. The study demonstrates that a signal for pleasure – dopamine – rises rapidly when mice are moved from a simple …
Global Health’s Colonial Roots Persist In Medical Volunteer Programs : Goats and Soda : NPR
On a trip to India, Abraar Karan (second from right) interviews a local woman to talk about the challenges of cataracts. Daniel Carvalho hide caption toggle caption Daniel Carvalho On a trip to India, Abraar Karan (second from right) interviews a local woman to talk about the challenges of cataracts. Daniel Carvalho “Any western medical …
Trump’s Racist Tweets Have Long Rhetorical Roots : NPR
At a ceremony Monday at the White House, President Trump defended his racist tweets against Democratic lawmakers. The language used in that tweet has a long history connected with nativist political movements in the U.S. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images At a ceremony Monday at the White House, President Trump …
UBC engineering grad bridges worlds of cutting-edge technology, Indigenous roots
Growing up with three younger brothers, Shay Dekock-Kruger always felt like one of them. No one told her there were things she couldn’t do because she was a girl. Fascinated by math and physics, today she’s an engineer-in-training with B.C. Hydro. Being dismissed because of her gender, the 24-year-old UBC grad said, “was never an …
