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Century-old tragedy remembered
The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record· 6 days agoOnly vestiges of a dam remain where a small hydroelectric generating station stood. Today, a water pumping station has been built on top of remnants of...
In the Heart of Bahia | Larry Rohter
New York Review of Books· 5 days agoFor Americans trying to understand Brazilian history, it may help to think of Brazil’s North as akin to the American South and the Brazilian South as resembling our North. It was in Brazil’s ...
How Many Dinosaurs Are There Left To Discover?
IFLScience· 4 days agoPalaeontology is currently experiencing something of a “golden age”, with a wealth of new, weird, and wonderful dinosaurs discovered each year. Only a...
Wars Update: Chasing Disastrous Dreams
Strategy Page· 5 days agoJuly 5, 2018: Islamic terrorism no longer dominates the news now that ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant) has been crushed (but not destroyed). Islamic terrorism shares the headlines ...
Opinion | Skip voting in November? Here’s everything wrong with that idea.
Washington Post· 5 days agoFord Motor Co. and the descendants of Henry Ford should denounce this calumny on their legacy. The Edsel had several advanced features, only one of which ...
Senate hearing sets path to make Black Wall Street a national monument
theGrio· 4 days agoA U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday set a path forward to establish Black Wall Street as a national...
The border executive order(s) are coming
Politico· 4 days agoIn a speech at the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the president declared that “Black history is American history” and recognized the descendants ...
In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 7 days ago“The Lexington Historical Society saw the photograph that I was working on, and they used the same...
Palestinians rally at historic villages in northern Israel
AFP via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThousands of people took part Tuesday in an annual march through the ruins of villages that...
Sixth fatality reported in New Caledonia violence
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFrench security forces reported another death in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Saturday, the sixth fatality in nearly...
