If you’ve ever seen a sculpture or an ancient coin of a Roman Emperor, you probably have noticed that they were wearing a wreath on their head.
That wreath, however, doesn’t mean what you probably think it means. It actually had a specific meaning which predated the imperial age, and the reason why emperors wore it all has to do with a single person.
Learn more about the Civic Crown, also known as the Corona Civica, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
The chaos and questions in Kabul and around Afghanistan continue since the Taliban took control of the country with surprising speed earlier this week. Thousands of Americans, as well as Afghans who helped the U.S. and its allies, are now scrambling to get out as they fear for their futures under Taliban rule.
Today we’re talking with a retired U.S. Army colonel who has commanded combat troops in Afghanistan and still knows plenty of people on the ground there. Mike Jason spent more than two decades in the U.S. Army before retiring in 2019.
He joins me to share his reaction to the Taliban takeover, how he believes it happened and what he thinks America’s obligation is now.
Although the Crusading spirit of the eleventh century had faded in Europe after the fall of Outremer in 1291, there was still enough interest in 1365 to launch one last Crusade to recover the Holy Land. It would be remembered for its particular destruction and brutality.
Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.
Dr Robert Moses, a pioneer in African-American civil rights and mathematics education has died at the age of 86. Charmaine Cozier looks at an extraordinary life, from the courthouses of 1960s Mississippi to the classrooms of modern public schools, and traces the philosophy and values that threaded their way through his life.
Will Amazon’s department stores be a hit with shoppers? Who is the next CEO to announce retirement? What’s the next big trend in alcohol sales? Maria Gallagher and Jason Moser tackle those questions, as well as the latest earnings from Walmart, Target, Lowe’s Home Depot, Foot Locker, Nvidia, Farfetch, and Robinhood. Plus, they discuss Chipotle’s newest menu item, share 11 stock ideas for the return of weddings and two stocks on their radar: Roblox and Elastic.
An infectious disease specialist shares the latest public guidance about COVID-19, boosters, mask mandates and more.
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Across the country, it looks like this time, last year. Schools — some days or weeks into the start of the new year — are forced to close temporarily over COVID outbreaks. In many cases, the closures are necessary because too many teachers and staff members are sick or quarantined.
Audie Cornish talks to three teachers about their fear, exhaustion, and hope at the start of a new school year.
Social media companies have differing ideas about allowing the Taliban on their platforms. Will Duffield explains what social media means for the people and (new) government of Afghanistan.
Appeal Court judges in Kenya have upheld an earlier decision by a lower court blocking a government-backed plan to make fundamental changes to the country's constitution, calling the project "unconstitutional and unlawful."
Authorities in Uganda have suspended the work of at least 50 local NGOs for various reasons including failure to register.
Kenya has launched its first-ever national wildlife census, which will count the number creatures on both land and sea.
The tyranny of payment processors as moral barometers strikes again. On Thursday, Axios revealed that OnlyFans was struggling to raise money from outside investors despite being on track to make more than a billion dollars this year. Later in the afternoon, OnlyFans announced it is eliminating sexually explicit content from its platform.
The internet was agog, given that OnlyFans’s success is almost entirely based on sexually explicit content. In this episode, NLW explores the variety of things going on behind the scenes, connects the dots to Chase Bank’s shutdown of Compass Mining’s accounts and argues that payment processors shouldn’t be in charge of societal decisions about what free people are allowed to do.
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