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Think American politics are nasty today? That’s nothing compared to the violent 1800s | Opinion
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 15 minutes agoViolence erupted a few decades later when Abraham Lincoln was elected as a Republican, the party...
Kale on Books: A look at the relationship between Washington and Jefferson
Daily Press· 1 hour agoGeorge Washington and Thomas Jefferson led almost every effort Virginia and the colonies undertook during the during the American Revolution and the early United States. Historian and author ...
How Fates Diverged in Hispaniola
Foreign Policy Magazine· 6 days agoThe highlights this week: The Dominican Republic reelects its popular president while neighboring Haiti prepares for a U.N.-backed security intervention,...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices ...
Juneteenth, the celebration of freedom
South Reporter· 19 hours agoJuneteenth is a celebration of freedom and the fight for its fulfillment. It is one of the oldest known celebrations commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States ...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' urges New Mexicans to get involved in their communities
Santa Fe New Mexican· 9 hours agoFe before challenging them to try to make a difference. “It’s our responsibility to alleviate those...
Looking Back: Dover’s John P. Hale returns to his former seat in the U.S. Senate.
New Hampshire Union Leader· 3 days agoThe future of the institution of slavery was a dominant issue in the 1852 presidential election....
Trump reparations? How the Republican Party could win the Black vote for a generation | Opinion
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDemocrats have failed Black America, says this writer. So here’s a not-so-nutty idea for how the...
12 Historic Facts That'll Blow Your Sense of Time Out of the Water
AOL· 6 days agoWhile we can be sure there weren't woolly mammoths walking around by the pyramids because the creatures weren't native to Egypt, we know that they were walking around arctic Siberia and other ...
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters
The Atlantic· 5 days agoThis week, Israel released an appalling video featuring five female Israeli soldiers taken captive...
