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President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site gets a new 'Summer White House' exhibit
The Burlington Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJustin Morrill was the longest serving member of Congress in its first 160 years, known for framing...
Activists call to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because he owned slave people
NPR· 21 hours ago"Renaming buildings so that they're no longer named after slave holders or segregationists is not...
Retired Judge Casts Light on Slave Freedom Case Fought in Pre-Civil War New York | New York Law...
Law.com· 7 days ago“The case was unique in American law at the time,” Rosenblatt, a past president of the Historical...
Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoPresident Abraham Lincoln jumped into the debate with a speech on September 30, 1859, in Milwaukee....
Opinion | Trump’s Taste for Tyranny Finds a Target
New York Times· 10 hours agoAmong the worst episodes in American history are those moments when the federal government deploys the full weight of its power against the most...
SNL’s ‘Xiemu’ Ad Highlights the Appeal, and Ills, of Fast Fashion
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNCTO, along with other industry trade groups and lawmakers, has long lobbied against fast...said....
Why Floridians keep going to Trump’s trial
Politico· 8 hours agoThat’s not including Sen. Rick Scott, the first lawmaker to stand by Trump in the hush money trial and attack the proceedings amidst the former president’s gag order. There ...
Biden courts battleground state Black voters with two big speeches
CBS News· 4 days agoBiden began his Sunday morning commencement address at Morehouse College — a historically Black...
Kenyan president will receive White House praise over troops-to-Haiti move − but lack of action...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoKenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African...
‘The Demon of Unrest’ Review: The Seeds of Civil War
The Wall Street Journal· 3 hours agoThe arrival of a new Erik Larson book is a genuine event, a feast of historical insight and narrative verve even when it focuses on a twice- or...