Opinion Written by: m.wilson ‘Venus Died – Earth Survives’ Venus is often called a twin because it shares so many of Earth’s physical attributes. The “sister” of Earth, Venus, was habitable for billions of years before a “runaway greenhouse effect” took hold of the planet around 700 million years ago….
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How to Have a Star Wars Inspired Day in Sacramento
IMAX tickets for the upcoming Star Wars film “The Force Awakens” opening on December 18 were sold out through Christmas way back in October 2015 when the trailer first aired. As of December 4 IMAX seating, according to Moviefone.com, is completely sold out well into January 2016. There are still…
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Female Voting Rights and the Age of Consent
Domestic Written by: m.wilson A network of Christian feminist reform groups, advocated for an increase in the age of consent from 12 to 16 (and with the eventual goal of 18), with its “social purity movement,” at the closing of the 19th century (Wikipedia contributors, 2020). Prior to this movement…
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Eva Sleeps
South Tyrol, a region in Northern Italy bordering Austria and Switzerland, was annexed from the Austro-Hungarian County of Tyrol after the First World War – a transition that created tensions between the German-speaking South Tyroleans and the colonizing Italians. During this period of upheaval in the 1960s, Vito, a soldier…