Olaudah Equiano's harrowing first-person account of being captured in Africa, transported across the Atlantic in horrific conditions aboard a slave ship, and sold into slavery in colonial America.

If you’ve lived in California for a while, you’ve probably noticed that what once felt “comfortable” financially doesn’t quite stretch as far as it used to. Prices for housing, groceries and even a ...

Middle manager under strain as leadership requests various things from him. Middle managers are often overlooked, overworked, and underappreciated. Yet they may be the most influential leaders in ...

That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...

A life-sized bronze memorial, "Our Ancestors Come With Us," has been unveiled in Bristol, Rhode Island, acknowledging the town's role in the transatlantic slave trade. The memorial, created by RISD ...

A significant 7.4 magnitude earthquake rattled the Drake Passage on August 22, 2025, triggering tsunami warnings for Antarctic bases. While a widespread tsunami was averted, the event underscores the ...

The Northwest Passage is a route brimming with history, intrigue, and challenge. Spanning 900 miles from Baffin Island all the way to the Beaufort Sea, it weaves through an archipelago of some 36,000 ...

The Newport City Council on Wednesday night approved a resolution supporting the design and construction planning for the Middle Passage Port Marker Memorial at a new location on state-owned land at ...

There has been no shortage of questions and predictions about the end of middle management—from the pages of HBR in 2011 to the BBC four years later. Despite this, the proportion of middle managers ...

Trying to define the middle class in any region can be a tricky task, as it’s not necessarily based just on salary, but also on how far that salary gets you. The American South, even with its deeply ...

On a chilly March morning a few days before the vernal equinox, an ensemble of spring peepers sang their steady high-pitched song from a shallow rain-fed pond in Middle Island. Wood frogs added their ...