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Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about the love of her life — and their unfinished love story with America...
The Boston Globe· 6 days agoWell, Kearns Goodwin is a G.O.A.T. in her own right, penning best-selling books about the lives of...
When is Father's Day in 2024? Here's what to know about Dad's big day in June.
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOver the years, various presidents like Calvin Coolidge and Lyndon B. Johnson commemorated the day
Doris Kearns Goodwin newest book is about her late husband's work in the 1960s
NPR· 1 week agoI mean, he did do work after that. He wrote a play...for a new revolution. He got more radical as time went on. And he did work on Al Gore's concession speech. ...that right ...
When is Father's Day? Here's when it falls in 2024 and the history of the holiday.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 week agoFather's Day... 1916, Wilson recognized the holiday, and by 1924, President Calvin Coolidge...It was not until 1966 that President Lyndon
Michael Hurd preserving famous parents' land and legacy
Santa Fe New Mexican· 2 weeks agoFollowing a controversy that started over a cartoon in a newspaper, Hurd had to uproot his life in...
6 star-spangled presidential libraries to visit
The Week· 7 hours agoAt a presidential library, there are zero books to check out. The National Archives and Records Administration oversees 15 of these libraries, each one...
Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 days agoFannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part...
An Oblique and Beautiful Book
The Atlantic· 2 weeks agoUntil last fall, I had never heard of Helen Garner—something that’s hard for me to believe. The Australian author, now 81 and treasured down under, has...
Six decades later, the War on Poverty made a huge difference in Appalachia and elsewhere | Opinion
Lexington Herald-Leader· 7 days agoThis month marks the 60th anniversary of the “War on Poverty,” when President Johnson traveled to Inez, Ky. to make the case to the people of< ...
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
WKBT La Crosse· 3 days agoThe closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black...
