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Checks and Balance newsletter: The history of national conventions in Chicago offers hope to both...
The Economist· 2 days agoThis is the introduction to Checks and Balance, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter bringing...
FERTILE GROUND ROUNDUP #2
Broadway World· 6 days agoPortland’s 2024 Fertile Ground Festival of New Works is officially over. Here are my thoughts about the second half of the festival (read Roundup #1)....
These southerners aren't listening to Donald Trump anymore
The Raw Story· 3 days agoThe UAW’s successful unionization effort last week at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee —...
A Look at History, Relative to Kentucky Derby Years
Bloodhorse· 6 days agoOn May 4 the Kentucky Derby (G1) will be run for the 150th time at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., with more than 120,000 fans in attendance under...
Looking Back for April 25, 2024
Ladysmith News· 6 days agoA downed electrical line knocked out power to about 3,000 Xcel Energy customers in Ladysmith, Bruce, Sheldon and Conrath Saturday. The non-preventable outage occurred when a 60-foot-tall balsam ...
There’s a new hit musical about American history in town
The Economist· 5 days agoTHERE HAS been no shortage of #GirlPower musicals on Broadway and the West End in recent years....
Freedom of Speech Ends Where True Power Begins | naked capitalism
Naked Capitalism· 2 days ago"I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice," William Lloyd Garrison once said. "On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation."
What life was like for animals in America before people learned to love pets
ABC57· 7 days agoMore than 100 years before Morrissey declared that “meat is murder,” before PETA supporters...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
Las Vegas Sun· 4 days agoThousands of protesters march around the Arizona Capitol in protest after the Supreme Court decision...
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law was made in a women’s rights desert – here’s what life was like then
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days agoJuhl wanted to end her pregnancy. Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for US$100 –...
