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One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time Magazine· 6 days agoOver forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines. The crisis of the immoral racial wealth gap will remain ...
Johnson: We banned ‘divisive concepts.’ So, why do we still have Confederate holidays?
Birmingham News· 6 days agoHow did you commemorate Confederate Memorial Day? Did you invite a few family and friends over, sing...
Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRepublicans in the Iowa Legislature are determined to meddle in your kid’s classroom. The House and...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
AOL· 3 days agoOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm in Virginia 12 days after he fatally ...
Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.
Washington Post· 7 days agoAlabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan and other Black lawmakers have lobbied for years to have the...
Tourist agency sponsoring Juneteenth speech contest
The Herald, Sharon, Pa. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoApr. 26—FARRELL — A $2,000 Mercer County Tourist Promotion Agency grant aims to motivate youngsters to speak up for Juneteenth celebrations. The grant was awarded to Farrell schools to host ...
Juneteenth icon Opal Lee to receive honorary doctorate from SMU
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 7 days agoThe degree will be presented at SMU’s commencement ceremony, May 11. DALLAS — Opal Lee, best known...
Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds a famous 'Cabaret' role from scratch
NBC Universal via AOL· 6 days agoAs the first Black man to play Clifford in "Cabaret" on Broadway, Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds his...
For some, voting is more than a civic duty — it’s continuing the fight of their ancestors
Philly.com· 5 days agoLelia G. Johnson, 65, was finished with her primary day duty by 8 a.m. She didn’t actually have to...
Military Book Review The Sergeant: The Incredible Life of Nicholas Said: Son of an African General,...
Strategy Page· 1 day agoPulitzer-prize-winning journalist Dean Calbreath gives us a fine biography of Mohammed Ali ben Sa'id (1836-1882). Born into wealth and privilege in the ancient African kingdom of Borno, he might ...