VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Juneteenth at the beach continues at The Oceanfront. The 3-day festival invites families out for a long list of activities. “We have the opportunity to make Virginia Beach one of the go-to destinations to celebrate Juneteenth,” said Micah Walls, the L.A.M.B.S. Foundation creative director. “There is so much history that, […]
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House GOP approves mammoth annual defense bill with culture war amendments
The House on Friday approved its version of the annual defense policy bill that includes a number of controversial culture war amendments, setting the stage for a showdown with the Democratic-controlled Senate over legislation that typically enjoys bipartisan support. The chamber cleared the $883.7 billion measure — known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) […]
Ohio politicians turning librarians into criminals as part of culture wars
Jay Weitz earned his master’s in library service in 1976 from Rutgers University. In June 2023, he retired after working for 41 years at Dublin-based OCLC, a global nonprofit library membership organization that serves tens of thousands of libraries. As a card-carrying library user for all of my literate life and a recently retired librarian, […]
Sunak criticises Farage’s claim he does not understand ‘our culture’
UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has criticised Nigel Farage’s claim that he does not understand “our culture”, suggesting the remarks were not “good for our politics or indeed our country”. The Reform UK leader has drawn condemnation after saying Mr Sunak does not “care” about UK history in an attack over his decision to leave […]
Preserving Cherokee Culture and Values Through Community Development
Guest Opinion. The beating heart of Cherokee culture is when we can interact face to face with other Cherokees, appreciating and learning from each other across generations. Cherokee Nation is devoted to keeping this culture alive, in part by making significant investments in rural community centers. The recent grand openings of new community centers in Marble […]
Family, culture, community celebrated at Pacific Islanders festival in Elk Grove
Family — Ohana — brought hundreds to Elk Grove Regional Park on Saturday to celebrate Polynesian culture and community at the first Pacific Islander Festival. “When you come to events like this, you get plenty of people into the Polynesian community, but you also get plenty of families that haven’t seen each other for a […]
Jensen Huang created a unique culture at Nvidia that allows the AI chip leader to move ‘very, very fast’
Nvidia’s technological prowess has lifted the chip giant to the commanding heights of the red-hot artificial intelligence space. But a former employee provided a key insight into CEO Jensen Huang’s management philosophy that has also been key to the company’s stratospheric rise. Rene Haas, CEO of UK chip designer Arm, worked at Nvidia in the […]
Kansas City honors Black LGBTQ+ culture in fourth annual 18th and Vine celebration
Growing up in Kansas City, Marquez Beasley fell in love with the historic 18th and Vine area. Now, as a singer, host and entertainer, Beasley calls the Jazz District home for many of the events he organizes, including his popular, monthly live-show series, Brunch With Quez. So when Beasley, a Black gay man, got the […]
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California GOP lawmaker became a culture war lightning rod. Is he getting anything done?
Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Corona, has had a busy legislative session. While he isn’t as successful as other lawmakers in getting legislation through — he has only passed three bills, Assembly Concurrent Resolutions recognizing Ramadan twice and World Cholangiocarcinoma Day once, and none of his bills made it to the Senate by this year’s “House of […]
WWU engineering faculty, students push for change amid widespread culture, conduct concerns
Two years ago Western Washington University engineering student Allison Mazurek was elected as the first woman to lead the university’s Formula SAE racing team, which builds race cars, as its project manager. Mazurek told The Bellingham Herald she quickly became aware that the culture within the student-run, male-dominated club was unprofessional, unwelcoming and misogynistic. She […]
2,000-year-old gold jewelry from mysterious culture discovered in Kazakhstan
Archaeologists have unearthed gold jewelry, arrowheads, and a large, bronze mirror from roughly 2,000-year-old burial mounds in the Turkistan region of southern Kazakhstan. The artifacts are thought to have been made at the time of the Kangju state, a little-known entity that ruled the region between the fifth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. […]