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Mary Barra and Amon-Ra St. Brown pay packages are in line with Detroit tradition | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 33 minutes agoBaseball and cultural lore tell us that in 1932, in the depths of the Great Depression, a reporter...
Want a ‘green job?’ Paid Climate Corps training positions are now open in Miami.
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 16 minutes agoThe first round of postings went up last week to join the American Climate Corps — an effort the...
As Kentucky Derby Nears, Last Year’s Deaths Cast Long Shadow
New York Times· 41 minutes agoThe Kentucky Derby has been run through two World Wars, the Great Depression, civil rights unrest...
On this day in history, May 1, 1931, Empire State Building opens during Great Depression
Fox News via Yahoo News· 1 day 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· 15 hours agoLANSING — McLaren Hospital officials carefully opened an old metal box Wednesday and pulled out a...
What is International Workers’ Day?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoOccasionally this led to further violence, as was the case in New York, Boston, Cleveland and Milwaukee in 1919, but the day proved an important unifier...
High School As A Cause Of The Great Depression
Forbes· 4 days agoIn 1900, about 10 percent of Americans of proper age attended high school. Goldin’s conclusion was the huge increase in secondary education in this...
The Kentucky Derby is turning 150 years old. It's survived world wars and controversies of all kinds
San Francisco Chronicle· 13 hours agoAs a record crowd cheered, American Pharoah rallied from behind and took aim at his remaining two...
Marilyn Monroe’s affair with JFK confirmed on wiretap by private investigator, book claims
Fox News· 1 hour agoFor decades, Fred Otash was alleged to have kept the darkest secrets of Hollywood stars, including...
Historically Speaking: North Dakota’s workhorses come to Exeter
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoThe Great Depression started early in some parts of the country. New Hampshire had been suffering...