Articles by Steven Gilchrist

Framingham, MA. -  Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (June 9, 1877 - March 18, 1968) was a prolific African-American female sculptor. Fuller was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was also a prominent painter, poet, and theater designer. Fuller started her artistic career at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Art. After graduating in 1899, she moved to Paris, France to study at the Academie Colarossi. While in France, Fuller was mentored by American civil rights leader W.E.B. DuBois, American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and French sculptor Auguste Rodin. Rodin, often considered the founder of modern sculpture, inspired Fuller's passion for natural and emotive forms. During the Harlem Renaissance, Fuller was described as one of the most imaginative African-American artists of her generation.  Meta Fuller Collection - Danforth Art Museum Fuller died at the age of 90-years-old in Framingham, Massachusetts. The Danforth Art Museum, which is located in Framingham, i...

On August 30, 2021, United States military forces withdrew from Afghanistan. The withdrawal of U.S. troops concluded the longest war in American history. On August 26, 2021, 13 U.S. service members were killed and 18 were injured in an attack at a security checkpoint at Kabul airport. The U.S. service members killed in the attack were the first American military personnel killed in action in Afghanistan since February 2020. At least 170 Afghan civilians were also killed in the attack.    Prior to the conclusion of the war, a  December 2019 report from The Washington Post indicates that more American contractors died during the war in Afghanistan than American troops. The report suggests that the U.S. government did not keep an accurate count of the number of American contractors who died during the war in Afghanistan. The Washington Post report estimates that 3,814 U.S. civilian contractors have died since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in October 2001. The estim...