Stuart A Kallen

"Manga artists focus on universal themes like friendship, love, and the struggle to fit in they appeal to values held by their readers. Highlighting the interests and concerns of young people can lead to good outcomes for the teenage characters, and help young readers at the same time. And the stories often highlight ideas that can break down barriers between genders, generations, and cultures. In this way manga builds bridges that connect readers...

On a global scale, humans create around 2.6 trillion pounds of waste every year. None of this trash is harmlesslandfills and dumps leak toxic chemicals into soil and groundwater, while incinerators release toxic gases and particles into the air. What can we do to keep garbage from swallowing up Earth? Reducing, reusing, recycling, and upcycling are some of the answers. Learn more about the work of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Ocean...

In 1540 Francisco Vzquez de Coronado marched from northern Mexico in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola, reputed to hold great treasures. He found Cibola, but discovered that this Zuni village didn't have the treasures he sought. Coronado kept searching for gold-filled cities but came up empty-handed though his men became the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon. By studying maps, quotations, and works of art created in his lifetime, we can learn...

October 9, 1967. World-renowned revolutionary Che Guevara is dead at 39. The charismatic Argentinian had been leading guerrilla fighters in Bolivia and was captured by the Bolivian army. A sergeant volunteered to execute the prisoner. Around the globe, reactions to the assassination were mixed. In Cuba, where Guevara had helped overthrow a brutally repressive dictatorship in 1959, more than a million people mourned openly. But elsewhere, many business...

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States in the 1950s, including the effects of the Cold War, the civil rights movement, television, music, art, science, and technology.

Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1990s.