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The modern economy has been built to depend on an industry that sucks black goo from the ground and pours it into every aspect of our lives. But is that system about to run dry? And what has this industry done to the countries of the world…

Homelessness affects a wide variety of people in the United States, but perhaps no group is more at risk than LGBTQ youth. Many LGBTQ youth are left homeless due to discrimination and harassment from family members and have no other place…

Midterm elections are so named because they occur halfway through a Presidential term. Every seat in the House of Representatives, a third of the Senate, and a heap of governorships and state posts are all up for grabs, but the big job in…

The sport of horse racing has provided a plethora of historic moments throughout time. One such moment was produced on a racetrack across the Atlantic 95 years ago when a morbidly mad record was created by an Irish American by the name of…

Treading the fine line between past and present, This Week, in History is a round-up of the latest historical events and findings which continue to impact the world today. Whether unearthing documents with continued relevance, illuminating…

Films that deal directly with political figures are going to exist in a stasis of sorts - if they’re too critical of the individual’s politics, then one side of the divide can hurl criticism. If they’re not critical enough, the other side…

Information about the first Chinese immigrants to the United States is generally difficult to acquire, due to the scarcity and unpredictability of finding reliable records. Most sources agree, though, that the earliest woman of Chinese…

The movie Elvis & Nixon will be released next month. Directed by Liza Johnson, it tells the story behind the most requested photo from the US National Archives, of the meeting between Elvis Presley and President Richard Nixon on…