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Building America: the incredible history of Washington DC
LoveEXPLORING via Yahoo News· 49 minutes agoDuring the mid-19th century the land originally ceded by Virginia on the south bank of the river was...
Dying for a pension: Haitian workers forsaken in Dominican Republic | Fox 11 Tri Cities Fox 41...
FOX 11/41 Yakima· 2 hours agoIlek Santiago, born in Haiti, worked for decades in the cane fields of neighboring Dominican Republic, but he never qualified for nationality, a pension or medical care. Most of the cane cultivation ...
Plentiful food: Juneteenth traditionally celebrated with tables laden with tasty dishes
Temple Daily Telegram· 12 hours agoNo matter what June 19 was called or where the celebrations occurred, festive tables overflowed with...
Who is David Lammy, Labour's shadow foreign secretary?
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 3 days agoRather than refight historical conflicts, he declared he would use his own history to assist address...
World Focus: Dinner table conversation
Daily Press· 6 days agoDuring a recent dinner party at a friend’s house in Williamsburg, I was asked, as a Holocaust survivor who escaped from a Nazi slave-labor camp and...
India wants to be the next China. Half of its population holds the key
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoSuch benefits are crucial as India is considered to be one of the most dangerous places in the world...
Shortlist announced for Docklands slavery sculpture memorial
BBC News· 4 days agoA giant cowrie shell and an 11ft (3.4m) African queen are among six artworks shortlisted to become a...
NOPHLIN | Freedom: News delayed, but not denied
Bristol Herald Courier· 3 days agoMost of us didn’t know much about Juneteenth (June 19th) until recently, and some of us may still not know. Because while Juneteenth is the oldest...
Montana’s stubborn child care conundrum
Bozeman Daily Chronicle· 3 days agoEditor’s note: This is the first of two installments about child care in Montana. A few feet away, her husband, Kyle, 39, compared her daily calendar to...
Is shrimp good for you? It's complicated.
The Spokesman-Review· 6 days agoJust ask Red Lobster: The struggling seafood chain declared bankruptcy this month, citing, among other things, an all-you-can-eat shrimp scheme that cost...