A photo gallery from The Root's inaugural ball. Good stuff!

Quoted: The Root's editor in chief, Henry Louis Gates Jr.; Lynette Clemetson, managing editor; Donald Graham, publisher of the Washington Post and Donna Byrd, publisher of The Root celebrate Barack Obama's inauguration and The Root's first anniversary at The Root Inaugural Ball.

Talk about a historic day...

Quoted: On this day 45 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during the historic March on Washington. Today Barack Obama, the first African-American to be nominated for the presidency by either major party, is scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.

A great Slate slide show of Olympic sights from the past and present...

Quoted: During the ceremonies for the unveiling of the emblem of the 2008 Olympic games at Tian Tan (Temple of Heaven) Park, 2003.

A neat Slate slide show of China 50 years ago.

Quoted: A unit of the People's Militia waits its turn at the daily morning drill. In the background, Tien An Men Palace, where the country's leaders stand to review patriotic parades, 1958.

Happy birthday to one of my favorite journalists and authors!

Quoted: Known for his succinct prose and his adventurous life, Ernest Hemingway, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, was born on this day in 1899.

A really intersting article about how the stock photography inudstry works... My friend Pammy is actually a creative researcher for Getty Images! Fascinating stuff...

Quoted: To learn more, I got in touch with the creative research department at Getty Images—a major player in the "visual content distribution" field. (Slate is one of Getty's many clients.) The job of the creative research team is to have photos and video waiting when demand for specific visual content crops up.

Happy Bastille Day!

Quoted: Magnum celebrates Bastille Day with baguettes and berets and other things for which we have the French to thank. Vive la France!

Really interesting slide show of cabaret through the years (starting with the days of Josephine Baker) and all over the world.

Quoted: Slate and Magnum present 'Come to the Cabaret.'

Happy 4th of July (a day in advance)!

Quoted: Magnum and Slate celebrate America's independence.