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Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
Opinion: Violent and peaceful means
Idaho State Journal· 6 days agoMany martyrs have sought justice for their people; individuals like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King come to mind. Less than 160 years have passed...
10 rules for protesting respectfully
theGrio via AOL· 6 hours agoOPINION: This guide for engaging in “legitimate” protest is based on the insights, experiences and historical lessons of America’s most qualified...
Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 7 days agoA century or so ago, in an era of racial denialism, historians groped for any explanation besides slavery to define the war’s origins. Half a century later, in the aftermath of the civil rights ...
How 19th-century Spiritualists ‘canceled’ the idea of hell to address social and political concerns
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSpiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a...
Protest Matters—but We Cannot Forsake the Vote
The Nation· 6 days agoLatosha Brown almost canceled her speech at last weekend’s Freedom Rising Conference in New York because, she confessed, she was “in excruciating pain.”...
Respect Sustainable Lifestyles If You Respect Women
Forbes· 4 days agoIn 1820s Birmingham, England, a household might expect a knock on the door from a local women’s group. Sweetening tea and cakes with it, they explained,...
