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One Way America Can Meaningfully Address Poverty
Time via Yahoo Finance· 3 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...
Iowa politicians are still trying to teach history to your children
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day 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 NEWS· 3 days agoOne of the main characters in the renowned musical “Cabaret,” bisexual American writer Clifford...
On this day in history, April 26, 1865, John Wilkes Booth is killed by Union troops for murdering...
AOL· 12 hours agoOn this day in history, April 26, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers tracked him down to a farm in Virginia 12 days after he fatally ...
Juneteenth or Jefferson Davis? Ala. state workers may have to choose.
Washington Post· 4 days agoAlabama state Rep. Juandalynn Givan and other Black lawmakers have lobbied for years to have the...
Oliver Lewis won the first Kentucky Derby atop Aristides. His story doesn't end there
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo Sports· 4 days agoOn Feb. 26, 1865, when Lewis was 8, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing...
For some, voting is more than a civic duty — it’s continuing the fight of their ancestors
Philly.com· 2 days agoLelia G. Johnson, 65, was finished with her primary day duty by 8 a.m. She didn’t actually have to...
Johnson: We banned ‘divisive concepts.’ So, why do we still have Confederate holidays?
Birmingham News· 3 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· 2 days agoIn the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the Midwest, where he intended to...