Journey to the West: Goku’s Official Roots

Dragon Ball’s creator Akira Toriyama clearly based young Goku on the Chinese Monkey King from Journey to the West, not on Hindu myth. In 1984 Toriyama explicitly set out to adapt the classic tale of Sun Wukong. When Dragon Ball debuted later that year, the …

Finding Your Jewish Roots: Michigan Woman Finds Long-Lost Relatives After 113 Years

Terry Kalley, Genealogist In 2021, Barbara Koppelman Ruskin, a retired Bloomfield Hills schoolteacher and counselor, contacted me to explore her family history. Born and raised in Northwest Detroit as Barbara Abramson, she attended Bagley Elementary and …

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Pope Leo XIV’s previously unknown Creole roots are a most American story

New Orleans historian on tracing Pope Leo XIV’s hidden Creole roots

Last week, Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, made history when he became the first pontiff from the United States. Although he was born and raised in Chicago, research shows Leo XIV’s ancestry can be traced back to New Orleans. In an interview with …

Mike Block Trio to bring American roots music to Center for the Arts this Sunday

The trio fertilizes American roots music with contemporary and international influences, bringing an exciting and personal perspective to the acoustic music scene. The post Mike Block Trio to bring American roots music to Center for the Arts this Sunday …

Alberta’s separatist angst has bone-deep economic roots. Ottawa cannot ignore it

Open this photo in gallery:The Bank of Canada performs much the same function William 'Bible Bill' Aberhart promised for Alberta as premier in 1935.The Canadian Press John Turley-Ewart is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail, a …

Eno Reconnects With His Roots Where Prophecies of His Governorship Date Back to 45 Years

By Anietie Usen The atmosphere was festive. Thousands of colourfully dressed guests, Sunday, May 11, 2025, who arrived Lagos the previous day from various parts of Nigeria, descended on the little known Maboju Assembly of The Apostolic Church Nigeria, in …

From chicharrónes to ramen, ethnic grocers take roots in an increasingly diverse Central Oregon

A new grocery store catering to Latino and Hispanic clientele opened in Madras last month. It’s part of a growing trend of more ethnic grocery stores opening in Central Oregon. Shoppers are just getting to know El Torito. Bree Hackett was there recently …

Blues & Roots festival this Saturday at Capitol Theatre

Roy Book Binder will headline this year’s Piedmont Blues & Roots Music Festival Saturday night at The Capitol Theatre in Laurens. The Piedmont Blues & Roots Festival was designed from the beginning to shine the spotlight on the ties between Laurens …