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‘American Civil Wars’ Review: The Era of Continental Divides
The Wall Street Journal· 6 days agoCivil war broke out in Mexico that same year, when Liberals and Conservatives fought for control of...
Opinion: Do debates decide the next president?
Stamford Advocate· 4 days agoThe most famous debates in United States political history took place in Illinois, then largely a rural state, in the late summer and early fall of 1858,...
Amber Rose is right: Joe Biden doesn’t care about Black people
theGrio via AOL· 11 hours agoOPINION: The "Muva" of hip-hop's Donald Trump endorsement exposes a fundamental misunderstanding of...
The limits of comparisons to 1968 - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoThe ’60s were themselves a kind of rhyme with the 1930s; at times, even with the 1860s. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was...
Woodfin: Trump’s praise of NRA ‘sickening’ as Birmingham reels from ‘tough week’ of gun violence
Birmingham News· 4 days agoTrump’s praise of the National Rifle Association at a weekend event in Texas was “sickening,”...
On this day in history, May 21, 1881, Clara Barton, 'brave' battlefield nurse, creates American Red...
AOL· 3 days agoThe American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton on this day in history, May 21, 1881. Nurse Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton was born on Christmas Day, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts, the American Red Cross website notes.
Bill Caldwell: Charles H. Morgan was a Civil War escape artist
The Joplin Globe· 6 days agoStories from the Civil War never cease to be surprising. For Charles H. Morgan, obstacles in the...
The Trump cult is choosing blueberries over the judicial branch
Indiana Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhile writing on Sunday night about the truly remarkable week surrounding a criminal trial in New...
For Dem convention, media matters
Politico· 2 days agoDetails here TUESDAY’s ANSWER: Congrats to Rob Christie, Leo Driscoll and Jarod Hitchings for being the first to correctly answer that Abraham Lincoln served ...
How a ‘border ruffian’ who supported slavery got a monument honoring him in a KC park
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA reader asked about the history behind a memorial to Charles Carroll Spalding in Penn Valley Park....
