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‘Really valuable’: Anaconda loses its newspaper

ANACONDA — For as long as Robbie Dee can remember being an adult, he’s been a subscriber to the Anaconda Leader newspaper. The Anaconda native and longtime advertiser with the Leader is hanging on to the final edition of the 55-year-old two days per week local paper, which

Bingles, knuckleballs and ‘Beer Barrel Polka’ – hundreds of forgotten works showcase the eclectic world of baseball scholarship

Bingles, knuckleballs and ‘Beer Barrel Polka’ – hundreds of forgotten works showcase the eclectic world of baseball scholarship

(STATE COLLEGE, PENN.) Today’s fans may associate baseball research with cutting edge analytics. But long before data-driven tools like Statcast and FanGraphs, university students were conducting research about baseball. About three years ago, I came across a 1988 article published by the Society for American Baseball Research. Written

WATCH: Civil rights curriculum aims to shape future leaders

EXCLUSIVE: Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young talks to The Center Square about Martin Luther King Jr.

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution

(KNOXVILLE, TN) George Washington knew his forces could not win the American Revolutionary War without some measure of sea power. “It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day,” he later wrote in a letter, “that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with

Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

Throughout time, maps have been useful tools for those in power to stake their claim over territories and markets. Politicians start nationwide redistricting battles to ensure partisan control, weakening the power of voters. The Trump administration’s geopolitical posturing over Greenland builds on a long history of imperialism aided by

Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to most modern accounts, the

Why do we say ‘OK’?

Why do we say ‘OK’?

(TEMPE, AZ) Why do we say ‘OK’? Of all the words in the English language, the word “OK” is pretty new: It’s only been used for about 180 years. Although it’s become the most spoken word on the planet, it’s kind of a strange word. Sometimes it’