Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama The first immigration station built on Ellis Island in New York in 1892 was a firetrap from the beginning. The main building was made of over four million feet of resin-soaked lumber, with no effort put into fireproofing. Despite multiple stories, there

Author: Michael Dowling / Source: Big Think 100 years ago, you could expect to live to 54. Our luxurious, 80-year-long lives come at a cost. Michael J. Dowling is President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwell Health, New York’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23

Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know? “Let us not wait for the millionaires to give us this money. It is not a gift from the millionaires of France to the millionaires of America, but a gift of the whole people of France to the whole people of America.”These days, there’s

Source: HuffPost A look at the impact of the partial government shutdown: WHAT’S OPEN AND WHAT’S CLOSED Social Security checks will go out and troops will remain at their posts. Doctors and hospitals will receive their Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. The U.S. Postal Service, busy

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