In most developed countries, workers have the right to a certain number of paid sick days. It’s a policy that isn’t rooted in just generosity — during pandemics like the novel coronavirus, it can... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 1 week ago • 428 views • 6:33

"Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa? Before Americans vote on the next president in November, both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is... continue reading

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YouTube description: There's a common myth about who pays their fair share, and who doesn't. (via www.digg.com)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 months 2 weeks ago • 545 views • 5:51

From Youtube, "American healthcare is like no other on Earth - needlessly complicated, expensive, and ready for reform."

posted by w1ndex 7 months 2 weeks ago • 8 views • 33:34

YouTube description: In 1951, the American F-86 Sabre went head-to-head with the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies above North Korea. Both sides wanted to capture examples of each others aircraft. The Soviets... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 months 3 weeks ago • 816 views • 6:07

On April 3rd, 2018, resident Mark Robinson gave an impassioned speech at the Greensboro, NC, city council meeting in support of the Second Amendment. This speech is the best four minutes you'll ever watch... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 9 months 2 weeks ago • 16 views • 4:21

After suggesting that American-born congresswomen should "go back" to where they're from, Donald Trump gets a geography lesson from Wakko of the Animaniacs

posted by newtboy 10 months 2 weeks ago • 838 views • 1:13

An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean - the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 3 weeks ago • 1,278 views • 2:14

YouTube description: Some of the top-selling car brands in the United States are Japanese — Toyota, Honda, and Nissan especially. But the reverse isn't true – General Motors, Ford, and Fiat Chrysler... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago • 723 views • 7:13

YouTube description: Micco and his older brother Samsoche (Seneca and Muscogee Creek), who perform together as the Sampson Brothers (https://sampsonbrosarts.com) are well known on powwow grounds and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 199 views • 4:21

From Youtube, "The Scotch Snap is everywhere in modern hip hop - a metrically accented sixteenth note followed by a dotted eighth note. Why is it everywhere? And where did it come from? The answer lies... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 681 views • 8:12

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months ago • 511 views • 4:57

YouTube description: The moon is looking more full than ever. The director Todd Douglas Miller assembles beautifully restored archival footage, blends that with audio from the astronauts and a vibrant... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 3 months ago • 307 views • 2:41

A summary of Hillary Clinton's role in the recent history of African Americans.

posted by bobknight33 1 year 3 months ago • 9 views • 14:24

Some American cities use buses, or trams, or trains. Peachtree City, Georgia, has a different solution: it's not quite public transit, but a hundred miles of golf cart tracks helps to keep cars off the road.

posted by nanrod 1 year 5 months 4 weeks ago • 961 views • 5:50

YT: In a field near Elberton, Georgia, USA, sit a set of mysterious standing stones: mysterious not because they're ancient, but because they were funded by someone anonymous in 1980, perhaps as a message... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 1 year 6 months 1 week ago • 396 views • 3:08

YouTube description: Live long and prosper? Nichelle Nichols sure has. At the height of the American civil rights movement, she played “Star Trek’s” Lieutenant Uhura—then one of television’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months ago • 348 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Hi there! I'm (finally!) back with a new video explaining what is swing, a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s. The amazing... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 1 year 7 months 1 week ago • 458 views • 2:01