Professor Dave Explains
New World Archeology (Mesoamerica)
After covering old world archeology, it's time to check out the new world. This refers to the Americas, where several civilizations were also occurring. The largest ones were found in Mesoamerica, which is present day Mexico. This...
PBS
Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?
Here in the United States, when we think about the term "slavery" we think about the transatlantic slave trade and the institution of chattel slavery. But this wasn't the only type of enslavement that took place in the Americas and the...
The Art Assignment
What this painting tells us about Frida Kahlo
The artist Frida Kahlo is a larger-than-life icon, known for the masterful self-portraits she made during her turbulent life (1907 - 1954). We take a close look at her painting The Two Fridas (Las Dos Fridas), and consider what it tells...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : In Mexico indigenous third gender pushes boundaries
In the Mexican Zapotec community of Juchitan the muxe hold a special role: they initiate young men and adolescent boys into the world of sex but the growing visibility and femininity of this third gender is causing a rift in the deeply...