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10 Inspirational New York Times multimedia and interactive features
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This Day in History: On Aug 18, 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified allowing women the right to vote.
Pictured Above: The British feminist, seen here in 1905, co-founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, the U.K.’s leading suffragette organization, in 1903.
Girl power y’all — Civil Rights: Beyond Black & White
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In 1969, 27-year-old Capt. Muammar Gaddafi overthrew the king of Libya in a bloodless coup, promoted himself to Colonel, and declared the country a socialist state. Ever since, he’s remained one of the world’s most controversial leaders, and a man of profound contradictions. He describes Libya as a popular democracy, but his word is law. He has sponsored terrorists and violent revolutionaries, but has frequently acknowledged his actions while avidly courting Western approval.
see more — Gaddafi: The Last Supervillain?
Photo of the World Trade Centers, a few months before 9/11, by Katie Day Weisberger. Nice post about the picture here.
Mideast Unrest
( Uriel Sinai, Getty Images / September 8, 2011 )An Israeli boy lies on a hammock at a coffee shop next to a part of Israel’s separation barrier on Thursday, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon. The United States is to send a diplomat to visit the West Bank in a last-ditch attempt to dissuade the Palestinians from going to the UN to try to and become a full member state with the U.S. saying it would veto the move at the UN security council.
Ghosts of Paris
Paris Now and Then(1940’s)
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Space Rainbow — This NASA image taken on Monday from the International Space Station shows dazzling red and green aurora colors above the Earth.
see more — Earth Seen From Space
