Guardian photographer who captured most of the main events and notable people from the early 1960s to the late 90sThe photographer Frank Martin, who has died aged 89, was on the staff of the Guardian from 1964 to 1997, creating an extensive body of work that covered news, arts, fashion, politics... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-04-13 16:01:26 UTC ]
The usual narrative about the 39th president has it backward, Jonathan Alter argues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
Picture book biographies of Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Jimmy Carter and more introduce people who just kept going, until they changed the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-12-05 15:19:04 UTC ]
If you are worried your beach reads might be a little too easy this summer, Gates has some more heady suggestions for you. As one of the world’s top philanthropists, perhaps it makes sense that Bill Gates is treating beach reading like an intellectual cause: Each year, he offers up his list of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jimmy Carter let me down. Not with his book "A Full Life: Reflections at 90" - a warm and detailed memoir of his youth followed by a clear-eyed assessment of the issues he tackled as president and afterward - but with his response to the question "Does the arc of history bend toward justice?" Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]