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One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoA white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally...
Memphis residents blame environmental racism for pollution ‘cesspool'
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoThat campaign, which received public support from former Vice President Al Gore and actress-activist Jane Fonda, succeeded. After the ethylene oxide danger surfaced in 2022, the group...
I SEE U, Episode 116: America’s Legalized Corruption with Legal Scholar Mehrsa Baradaran | Houston...
Houston Public Media· 3 days agoFast-forward more than 160 years to today, Black households currently have a total wealth of just...
April marks the beginning and end of the American Civil War
Daily Press· 58 minutes agoApril is a good time to explore local sites that focus on the American Civil War, which began on...
Jackie Robinson was a Republican until the GOP became the ‘white man’s party’
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLike millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player...
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby atop Aristides. His story doesn't end there
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoOn Feb. 26, 1865, when Lewis was 8, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing...
Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoRepublicans in the Iowa Legislature are determined to meddle in your kid’s classroom. The House and...
Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds a famous 'Cabaret' role from scratch
NBC Universal via AOL· 6 days agoAs the first Black man to play Clifford in "Cabaret" on Broadway, Ato Blankson-Wood rebuilds his...
Johnson: We banned ‘divisive concepts.’ So, why do we still have Confederate holidays?
Birmingham News· 6 days agoHow did you commemorate Confederate Memorial Day? Did you invite a few family and friends over, sing...
The Bizarre Story Behind How Franklin Pierce Was Accused of Treason
Mentalfloss· 5 days agoIn the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the Midwest, where he intended to...