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'I didn't want to be a fraud:' At 50, she learned to swim for her role at Olympic trials
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours ago"Through the Civil Rights era, there was no access to pools, in many cases, for the Black...
No opening date set for Rockford's second abortion clinic
Rockford Register Star via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoRaschein said no opening date has been set and she declined to provide an estimated timeline. "On...
Thousands of Black Civil War troops organized in Macon. This vet keeps their history alive
Macon Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe people who have no connection to Macon can come and identify with those stories as well.” Right...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home
WSB Radio· 6 days agoLee was 12 years old. Now, 85 years later, Lee, known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth for her...
Liberalism Has the Ideas–but Does It Have the Will to Impose Them?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTNR took what passed as correct, nonsentimental positions on poverty, avoiding the mistakes of...
For True Freedom, We Need Power-Sharing Liberalism
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt is emerging as democracy renovation—work to reconnect people to their civic power, experience, and responsibility and to redesign our political...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth observances waned somewhat by the mid-20th century, as a romanticized, hugely inaccurate...
EJI unveils statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Montgomery
Florida Phoenix via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe statue is the second of three that are planned at EJI’s Legacy Museum meant to offer people...
Senate seeks formal apology for decades of LGBTQ+ discrimination in the federal government
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThis era, marked by heightened suspicion and discrimination, saw thousands of federal workers lose...
“You must know this story:” Why Freedom Summer’s murders matter today
Washington Post· 5 days agoEven in a decade marked by hatred and violence, what happened here on a sultry June night 60 years...