Ethiopian faith radiates from two cities: Jerusalem and Lalibela, in Ethiopia’s highlands. ‘Jerusalem of Africa’ is one of the names given to Lalibela, also known as ‘Black Jerusalem’. It is…
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For fifteen years, Doug Menuez documented the daily lives of a secretive tribe of innovators in Silicon Valley as they created technology that would change our culture and behavior. This…
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Eve Arnold, born in Philadelphia in 1912 daughter of Russian immigrants, died on January 4, 2012, in London. Her career began in the mid ‘40’s in a New York…
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