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Tom Campbell: Can we teach civics without partisan politics? - Salisbury Post
The Salisbury Post· 40 minutes ago“It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we can to prepare our graduates for our democratic republic,” UNC President ...
Inside Orioles owner David Rubenstein's business ventures with $3.9b net worth
The US Sun· 4 days agoBILLIONAIRE businessman David Rubenstein owns the Magna Carta, the Emancipation Proclamation - and...
One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoOver forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines. The crisis of the...
Correcting the record on reparations with Trymaine Lee
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHe wanted to free enslaved people in the District [Washington, D.C.]. This was a year before the ...
The Bizarre Story Behind How Franklin Pierce Was Accused of Treason
Mentalfloss· 11 hours agoIn the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the Midwest, where he intended to...
For some, voting is more than a civic duty — it’s continuing the fight of their ancestors
Philly.com· 10 hours agoLelia G. Johnson, 65, was finished with her primary day duty by 8 a.m. She didn’t actually have to...
Opinion: Republicans have become 'de facto White Party' by rejecting multiracial democracy
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHowever, we should recognize there have been other important “beginnings” since then. Certainly, an...
Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds a famous 'Cabaret' role from scratch
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs the first Black man to play Clifford in "Cabaret" on Broadway, Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds his...
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby atop Aristides. His story doesn't end there
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoOn Feb. 26, 1865, when Lewis was 8, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing...
Opinion: Lincoln saw a future that threatened all that had come before
Hartford Courant· 4 days agoWhen 28-year-old Illinois state representative Abraham Lincoln felt the need to issue this stern...
