Gale is continually updating and adding new content to ourIn Contextproducts, ensuring that they offer timely, authoritative, useful information. The items below were added or updated during the week ofFebruary 9, 2015.
Biography in Context
- Four new homepage spotlights:
- WriterZora Neale Hurston, a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance who is known for her novelTheir Eyes Were Watching God– author Alice Walker renewed interest in Hurston’s work during the 1970s
- Iconic singerMadonna, whose Grammy Awards appearance will tie in with her March 2015 new album release
- New England Patriots quarterbackTom Brady, celebrating his recent Super Bowl win
- “The Theory of Everything” starEddie Redmayne– the British actor has been nominated for this year’s Academy Award for Best Actor
- New Featured Video: Louis Armstrong singing “Hello, Dolly” (for African American Heritage Month)
- Three New Portalslaunched in January bringing the total number of portal pages to 4,574:
- Maulana Karenga, educator, scholar, and founder of Kwanzaa
- Nik Wallenda, high-wire walker and member of the famous acrobatic Wallenda family
- San Francisco Giants pitcherMadison Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP
- Note: An update was made to the BiC portal page forHarper Lee, who surprised the literary community this week with news of “Go Set a Watchman,” her new (yet-unpublished) book that will release in July 2015.
Global Issues in Context
- Anew videoentitled “Young Cubans Stage Cultural Revolution” was added to the homepage
- 38 portal pages have been updatedthis week including:
- Automobile Emissions
- Apartheid: Lingering Issues
- Cuba Post-Castro
- Holocaust: Lingering Issues
- 工业事故和污染
- Iran: International Relations
- Islamic State
- 水Rights
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
- 5 new homepage spotlightsnowappear:
- An image of a vial of the MMR vaccine. The recent Measles outbreak in the United States has caused another round of controversy and debate on whether or not vaccinations should be mandatory for children. This spotlight is tied to the Vaccines portal.
- An image of Lava spewing from one of the world’s most active volcanoes, the Kilauea volcano, which is located next to the town of Pahoa on the Big Island of Hawaii. This spotlight is tied to the Natural Disasters portal.
- An image of a group of young undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” meeting with President Obama. Thanks to the DREAM Act passed in 2012, they are protected from deportation. This spotlight is tied to the DREAM Act portal.
- An image of the aftermath of an airport in Donetsk, Ukraine, as it became a battle ground between Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) soldiers and the Ukrainian government’s troops. This spotlight is tied to the Russia and Ukraine Conflicts portal.
- An image of Flight 235, which crashed into a river in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, on February 4, 2015. Both engines failed after take-off and 40 people have died of the 58 on board. Note the image was taken from a car data recorder. This spotlight is tied to the Transportation Infrastructure portal.
- A new homepage videoalso appears and is titled “What’s Next in the Global Response to Ebola?”
Student Resources in Context
- Thelatest editions ofWorldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices(2015) andCities of the United States(2014) have been loadedand now appear.
- In conjunction with the above additions,308 portal pages have been updatedwith new reference content andover 600 images have been added.The updated portal pages include all religion portals, and many of the nation, state, and city portals. Additionally, all state and province portal pages have been updated to feature photographic images instead of flags.
U.S. History in Context
- Two new portal pagesnowappear:
- Women in World War I
- Women in World War II
World History in Context
- Two new portal pagesnowappear:
- Genetics
- Margaret Thatcher