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Step-by-Step on the Campaign Trail

How the President Gets Elected—Holly Hartman Don't know the difference between a caucus and a convention? Unsure what the electoral college is? Check out our handy guide to the seven steps of the…

DK Science: Crustaceans

PHYLUM: CRUSTACEAFIND OUT MORECrustaceans have a hard, jointed external skeleton, called an exoskeleton, that protects them like armour. They have five pairs of jointed legs, and in some…

2008 Drama Desk Awards

The Drama Desk, a group of 150 theater critics and reporters, announced the awards on May 18, 2008. Outstanding Play…

Maurice Sendak

—Hope O'KeeffeSource: The National Endowment for the Arts “The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible…

British Royalty: History & Biographies

Find everything you need and want to know about the British Royal Family, past and present. Read biographies and find information about royal weddings — and royal scandals…

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Introduction

IntroductionSexually Transmitted DiseasesIntroductionChlamydia: The Most Common STDGenital HerpesGenital Warts and HPVSyphilis: A Sexual Scourge with a Long HistoryGonorrhea In This Section The…

MTV Music Video Awards

2007 MTV Music Video Awards The 2007 Video Music Awards were presented September 9, 2007. Video of the Year Rihanna f.…

Sistine Chapel

(Encyclopedia) Sistine ChapelSistine Chapelsĭsˈtēn [key] [for Sixtus IV], private chapel of the popes in Rome, one of the principal glories of the Vatican. Built (1473) under Pope Sixtus IV, it is…

Shakur, Tupac Amaru

(Encyclopedia) Shakur, Tupac Amaru, 1971-1996, African-American rap artist, composer, and actor, b. New York, N.Y., as Lesane Parish Crooks. Tupac’s…