“I believed I was going to help people … because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public,” said U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning.
Manning was sentenced to 35 years...
How does it feel to go to school in a foreign country?
Today, students from every continent but Antarctica travel to the U.S. in search of a college degree. They have found answers to this question.
"There...
Next time you’re at the grocery store, take a moment to think about the farmworkers whose labor bred the fresh produce in front of you. Chances are at least one of the 800,000 children of American’s...
Green bud. Cannabis. Weed. Killer Weed. Marijuana. At the federal level, none of it’s been legalized in any nation — as of today.
But as for tomorrow, only Uruguay will tell.
Home to a population...
Two endangered African rhinos will die today, and then another two tomorrow.
The online newspaper McClatchy reports that 700 rhinos fall victim to poaching each year. As a result of a steady increase...
Woodland creatures scurry frantically across the sizzling undergrowth as flames engulf their modest forest homes. A defeated buck lies on the charred ground, struggling to make use of his limp legs.
While...
Fifty years after the dream that set us on the path for greater equality, the words and principles of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. still ring true.
Tens of thousands of people from across the country...
Rishab Revankar, World and Nation Section Editor
• September 6, 2013
Key West, Florida
On Sept. 2, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad completed a historic 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida. Nyad, age 64, became the first swimmer to ever swim the straight without the assistance...
How often do you think about the future of the planet?
Guilford, apparently, gives it a good thought.
Environmentalism and sustainability are fundamental values here. The campus, staff and students...
