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Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoRepublicans in the Iowa Legislature are determined to meddle in your kid’s classroom. The House and...
One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoOver forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines. The crisis of the...
Inside Orioles owner David Rubenstein's business ventures with $3.9b net worth
The US Sun· 4 days agoBILLIONAIRE businessman David Rubenstein owns the Magna Carta, the Emancipation Proclamation - and...
Correcting the record on reparations with Trymaine Lee
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe wanted to free enslaved people in the District [Washington, D.C.]. This was a year before the ...
Opinion: Republicans have become 'de facto White Party' by rejecting multiracial democracy
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHowever, we should recognize there have been other important “beginnings” since then. Certainly, an...
Juneteenth celebration scheduled for Willoughby Park
The Daily Dunklin Democrat· 9 hours agoTanesha Lemons has a passion for celebrating cultural heritage and fostering community engagement. The Kennett native is in the process of organizing a Juneteenth celebration event. “I’ve been ...
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby atop Aristides. His story doesn't end there
The Courier Journal via Yahoo Sports· 3 days agoOn Jan. 1, 1863, when Lewis was 6, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing...
For some, voting is more than a civic duty — it’s continuing the fight of their ancestors
Philly.com· 20 hours agoLelia G. Johnson, 65, was finished with her primary day duty by 8 a.m. She didn’t actually have to...
The Bizarre Story Behind How Franklin Pierce Was Accused of Treason
Mentalfloss· 20 hours agoIn the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the Midwest, where he intended to...
Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds a famous 'Cabaret' role from scratch
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs the first Black man to play Clifford in "Cabaret" on Broadway, Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds his...