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How one author uncovered the fact that California was — and remains — a slave state
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJean Pfaelzer discusses recasting history in 'California, a Slave State,' which tracks the record of racism and forced labor that drove the state's 'startup' culture.
Who’s being ignored as state mulls slavery reparations
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe amounts of money now bandied about as some Californians debate whether the state should pay...
Paul Dean, former Republic columnist who reported on Don Bolles murder, dead at 88
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPaul Dean, a globetrotting journalist who spent 15 years as a reporter and columnist for The Arizona...
This California town ran its Chinese residents out. Now the story is finally being told
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn an 1885 expulsion, the city of Eureka, Calif., put its Chinese residents on two ships and kept...
Inside New York Stage and Film's Starry Night
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 6 months agoInside New York Stage and Film's Starry NightJohn Lamparski - Getty Images On the evening of November 5, the spotlight on New York City’s performing arts...
Shipwrecks, Cannibalism and the Avett Brothers: Why ‘Swept Away’s’ Next Stop Could Be Broadway
Variety via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFour whalers are set adrift after a violent storm sinks their ship. Lost at sea, exposed to the...
Black Woman Fighting to Reclaim Land Stolen from Her Ancestors
21 Ninety via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBlack Californians are waging a major fight to have land stolen from their ancestors returned to...
California's earliest Black settlers bought land only for it to be stolen. Their descendants want it...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFormer slaves who came to California mined for gold and bought property, only for their land to be...
Calendar Feedback: Indiana Jones and the Culture of Spoilers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe return of Indiana Jones The L.A. Times ran an article the very day "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" was released (it's 7 a.m., how many California residents have seen this movie yet ...