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Harry Belafonte, Music Legend And Civil Rights Activist, Dies
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHarry Belafonte, a beloved singer, actor and activist credited with introducing the United States to...
100 Years of the So-Called 'War on Christmas'
Snopes via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGetty Images/Stock Photo Among the promises then-presidential candidate Donald Trump made during the 2016 election campaign was a vow to "bring back...
Today in History: September 26, first presidential debate
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday in History Today is Monday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2022. There are 96 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 26, 1960, the first-ever debate between presidential ...
How Kennedy Narrowly Defeated Nixon — and Why the Alternative History Would Have Been Devastating
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHere is the third article in a series named “The Closest Calls,” It was a few weeks before Election Day 1960, and John F. Kennedy found himself on the phone with a very worried Coretta Scott ...
Will Biden and Trump face one another in presidential debates? There's no commitment yet
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNikki Haley is challenging Donald Trump to debate. Trump is challenging Joe Biden to debate. Biden’s...
Oh, for the days of a Kennedy-Nixon showdown
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJun. 18—Former President Donald Trump claims New Mexico is his to win. If I believed him, I would go through the torture of watching his joint television appearance next week with President ...
Today in History: February 4, Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin begin World War II Yalta conference
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoToday in History Today is Sunday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2024. There are 331 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 4, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime ...
Biden marks MLK Day at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church: ‘Progress is never easy’
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden honored Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the civil rights leader’s historic...
DeSantis' departure from the Republican race is just latest in a string of Florida flops
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhy can’t Florida, with all we’ve got going for us, produce a president? Or even a serious contender...
Baltimore bridge collapse reignites calls for fixes to America's aging bridges
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBridge experts and U.S. presidents have decried the nation's aging bridges and lack of maintenance...