An American icon was assassinated. In a nation whose foundation is free speech and religious liberty, Charlie Kirk was murdered (at least it seems apparent) for exercising those freedoms. Charlie tran...
09.11.2025 Townhall.com and 1 sitesIn her new book, the Harvard history professor and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore makes a 600-page case for the US constitution as a living document, made to be amended by each generation. Lepore said ...
09.16.2025 Theguardian.comThe grave of campaigner Mary Anne Rawson in Zion Graveyard [Friends of Zion Graveyard] Events are taking place to mark the 200th anniversary of an anti-slavery campaign group. The Sheffield Ladies Ant...
09.13.2025 Yahoo.com“If you see injustice and say nothing, you have taken the side of the oppressor. ” -- Desmond Tutu, South African Anglican Archbishop “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess ...
09.12.2025 Dailykos.com and 5 sites. The Library of Congress isn’t knuckling under to Trump and his anti-DEI threats. Arthur Sze Named U. S. Poet Laureate Because every U. S. poet laureate designs a special focus for their term, Sze plans to explore the art of translation, with the goal of compiling an anthology of translated poems from various languages and time periods…. Sze is an emeritus faculty member at the Institute of American Indian Arts, where he taught for 22 years, and he pointed the importance of translating from Ind...
09.17.2025 Dailykos.com and 6 sitesFor more than two centuries, amendments have allowed our Constitution to grow with the country. The 13th Amendment, for instance put an end to slavery , while the 19th gave women the vote . It was int...
09.14.2025 Cbsnews.com and 2 sitesHarvard’s Jill Lepore is a triple threat: lauded historian, prominent legal scholar and New Yorker journalist. She approaches the American experiment from myriad angles, drawing on protagonists such a...
09.15.2025 Latimes.comThree years ago few Texans could name the state's agriculture commissioner, an obscure elected post that usually went to a someone friendly to the state's big farmers. The job was without much power a...
09.11.2025 Latimes.comWhether it's peer relationships, puberty, or family strife, today's children often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and worry. As a psychologist who works with parents, many moms, dads, and ...
09.17.2025 Psychologytoday.comBy Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent The Black Press is two years away from its 200th anniversary. Two centuries of carrying our story when others denied us a voice. Two centuries of fighting mobs, resisting Jim Crow, survi...
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