As we enter the Three Weeks of Doom, we’ll be focused primarily on test preparation, essay writing, and review. All of the materials you’ll need to use are located on this post. AP Test Review Center (everything important) Calendar of Due Dates and Review Sessions Three Small Changes to the Calendar: The essay due on […]
While increased disparity in income is readily apparent in the United States, it’s often difficult to visualize it. The New Yorker offered an interesting take, showing median income at various transit stops in New York City: The United States has a problem with income inequality. And it’s particularly bad in New York City—according to recent […]
The Atlantic is reporting on a fascinating study conducted in Cuba, which revealed that the health of the Cuban people actually improved following the country’s economic collapse: The economic meltdown should logically have been a public health disaster. But a new study conducted jointly by university researchers in Spain, Cuba, and the U.S. and published […]
The American Library Association has listed its most challenged books for 2012: The office said it received 464 reports in 2012, up from 326 in 2011. The books on the most frequently challenged list are “Fifty Shades of Grey” by EL James; “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie; “The Kite […]
Today was the 50th anniversary of the writing of Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Today marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s letter from Birmingham jail. Dr. King penned this letter as a response to white clergymen who called his campaign of non-violent protests, quote, “unwise and untimely,” unquote, and […]