Tag: culture

Juneteenth at Virginia Beach celebrates a tribute to the culture

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, […]

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 […]

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. […]