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Mary Barra and Amon-Ra St. Brown pay packages are in line with Detroit tradition | Opinion
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoBaseball and cultural lore tell us that in 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, a reporter...
Our View: Happy birthday to an old North church
The Sun Chronicle· 12 hours agoIt was Ulysses S. Grant, in the middle of his second four-year term in the White House. Also in 1874, Massachusetts voters, for the first time in 22 years, elected a Democratic governor, former ...
Do We Still Elect Nice, Boring Guys Like John Avlon to Congress These Days?
New York Magazine· 4 days agoIt was a Saturday afternoon in mid-March, and John Avlon was comparing himself to a Norman Rockwell...
Empire State Building turns 93: look back at iconic moments
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoNEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – New York City’s most famous building turns 93 Wednesday, and what an...
On this day in history, May 1, 1931, Empire State Building opens during Great Depression
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time and perhaps still the most...
A time capsule was buried at a Lansing hospital as the Great Depression loomed. Here’s what they...
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThen they shared Lansing newspapers from November 1929, including The State Journal, proclaiming the...
To open Seattle's Aurora Bridge, the president and a telegraph were key
Seattle Times· 2 days agoOn the day of our 1932 “Then” photo, President Herbert Hoover’s finger hovered over the button in...
The Lion in Winter
San Mateo Daily Journal· 2 days agoIn the words of his wife, Helen, Pete McCloskey is slipping away. In 1967, he entered the Republican primary in a special election to fill a vacant...
