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• Whooping Cough Killed 6,000 Kids a Year Before These Ex-Teachers Created a Vaccine

  by NATALIE ZARRELLI, APR 16, 2019 As the Great Depression raged, scientists Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering developed the first effective pertussis vaccine on a shoestring budget. After a long…

• Philly’s Marian Anderson Is Getting Some Long-Overdue Love

  Eighty years ago this month, the world’s most famous singer became a civil rights icon.

• Marian Anderson should move us to lift every voice and fight U.S. prejudice

  By L.A. PARKER Apr 8, 2019 As the curtain closes on Boheme NJ’s production of Guiseppe Verdi’s “Aida” with the final notes, images and sounds still fresh, this column and…

• The birth of the U.S. dollar, in 1792, has a rich history

  Dara Elasfar, The Washington Post Before 1792, most Americans had money troubles. Goods and services could be exchanged for pieces of gold or silver if people had them. Some would…

• A primer on those little ole wooden shacks out back

  KEN BECK Mar 14, 2019 Many of you young whippersnappers may never have had the challenge of stepping into an outhouse to take care of business. But for most of…

• Forget Trump’s Border Wall. Let’s Build F.D.R.’s International Park.

  A joint U.S.-Mexico park along the Rio Grande would send a message of cooperation when the loudest words are of division. By Dan W. Reicher Mr. Reicher was a member of…