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Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards
Associated Press· 30 minutes agoAuthor-activist Naomi Klein has won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction with “Doppelganger: A...
Events throughout the week mark Juneteenth 2024 in the Quad-Cities
Quad-City Times· 7 hours agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday commemorating when, on June 19, 1865, the Union Army arrived in...
Reconstruction-era records reveal how formerly enslaved people were stripped of land
NPR· 4 hours agoJournalist Alexia Fernández Campbell says some freed men and women were given titles to land following the Civil War -- but after President Lincoln's death, the land was taken back.
Canada’s Big Worry: A US Civil War
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJustin Trudeau probably won’t ask Joe Biden if the U.S. is headed for a war between the states. But a report from within his government says it’s time for Canada to get ready.
Naomi Klein and V. V. Ganeshananthan win Women's Prize literary awards - ABC17NEWS
ABC17 NEWS· 30 minutes agoLONDON (AP) — Author-activist Naomi Klein has won the inaugural Women’s Prize for Nonfiction with “Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World.” The book is a personal account of her plunge into ...
Homage in Huesca: George Orwell's son honours writer's Spanish civil war ambition
Euronews via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGeorge Orwell never fulfilled his wish to visit Huesca when he fought in the Spanish Civil War but...
The SEC hits crypto firm TerraForm with a $4.5 billion penalty—but no one is going to pay it
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 hours agoWhat exactly is the point of all this? Presumably, it's to give Gensler another splashy headline to...
The civil but nevertheless hostile NY-16 debate
Politico· 8 hours agoWith help from Rich Mendez Even in a relatively civil televised debate between Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his Democratic primary challenger Westchester...
Black History Collective of Henderson County to put on Juneteenth events
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoJuneteenth, observed every year on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of African Americans in...
Kentucky’s role in slaves’ emancipation: ‘Camp Nelson is our Canada’
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoLinda Blackford: On Juneteenth, remember where Black Kentuckians issued their own Emancipation...