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Arizona Voted to Repeal Its Abortion Ban
New York Times· 3 days agoAlso, the Fed eyes a longer period of high rates. Arizona lawmakers today repealed an abortion ban that first became law in 1864, when Abraham Lincoln...
National Day of Prayer events scheduled on Thursday across the High Desert
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a day of “humiliation, fasting, and prayer.” National...
Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAlthough President Abraham Lincoln ended slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, many...
Turning Down the Heat Is the Key to Managing Anger
Dr. Samantha Boardman via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSource: NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll In a recent Substack, I wrote about Abraham Lincoln’s famous strategy for managing anger. Whenever his feathers were...
Guest Spot: The entire North Fork should celebrate Juneteenth - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 5 hours agoObserved on June 19, Juneteenth marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. It commemorates the day in 1865 when Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston ...
Erik Larson vividly captures the struggle for Fort Sumter
The Day· 2 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 ...
From city streets to wilderness trails: The Hex Technical Backpack V2 does it all
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt meets the needs of both kinds of travelers, without sacrificing the functionality of a modern...
Erik Larson On The Dawn Of The Civil War : Fresh Air
NPR· 3 days agoIn The Demon of Unrest, author Erik Larson chronicles the five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and the start of the Civil War, drawing ...
Meet the American who created the Kentucky Derby, Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., born of pioneers
Fox News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Kentucky Derby debuted in 1875, the horse race a vision of Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr., grandson...
Kansas politicians lead songs and prayers during National Day of Prayer at Statehouse
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBrownback added that people are "just really concerned with the times that we're in, it's just so...