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Tag: American history

  • Prof Patty
  • January 23, 2022January 23, 2022

More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.

By Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez 1/10/22 From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writin

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  • Kintsugi
  • May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

Traitors Celebrated?

My question is why can southern states, who lost the Civil War, get away with having holidays and memorials to those who rebelled against the USA? Clint Smith, writing for The Atlantic, s

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Tulsa’s Black Wall Street burned. These artists have a new vision (audio).

October 29, 2020 By Jessica Mendoza Multimedia reporter; Samantha Laine Perfas Story Team Leader [This is one of a series of articles/podcasts in the Christian Science Monitor.]

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 20, 2020

The Invention of Thanksgiving

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NY Times

  • Oil Prices Slide but Remain Elevated as Middle East Tensions Escalate
  • Mingling With Jeff Bezos and Stevie Nicks at the 2026 Met Gala Cocktail Party
  • What to Know About the Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak on an Atlantic Cruise Ship
  • Late Night Laments Losing Spirit Airlines as a Punchline
  • U.S. Military Strikes Boat in Caribbean, Killing 2

NPR

  • Why this tribe is buying up hundreds of acres of farmland — and flooding it
  • Timmy the stranded whale rescued after weekslong effort
  • Why PEPFAR's top scientist stepped down
  • Trump gives the go-ahead for a major new Canada-U.S. oil pipeline
  • Giving coffee a jolt could help assess its quality

The Progressive

  • In Chile, Latin America’s Latest Far-Right Leader Takes the Stage
  • Waking Up the Possums
  • Let’s Get Ready for the Next Pandemic
  • The Equity Docket: Black Americans’ Stolen Past
  • The Battle to Close Ridglan Farms

FactCheck.org

  • Democratic Ad Attacks Collins on Healthcare, Iran War
  • RFK Jr.’s Unsupported Claims About Tylenol-Autism Study He Called ‘Garbage’
  • Definition of ‘86’ at the Heart of Comey Indictment
  • Providing Context for Leavitt’s Examples of ‘Violent Rhetoric’
  • Project 2025 Series Wins National Headliner Award

Snopes.com

  • Trump did not post AI image of himself delivering Lady Liberty's baby version of him
  • Did Trump say people should 'only drive downhill' to save gas?
  • Did Elizabeth Warren sell Spirit Airlines stock before budget carrier went out of business? Here's the truth
  • Don't put faith in claim Florida man was arrested after trying to 'baptize' alligator in Waffle House
  • 8 claims about Chief Justice John Roberts from our archives

Tradeoffs

  • Doctors Hated the No Surprises Act. Now Some Are Getting Rich Off of It.
  • New York Braces for Trump's Big Medicaid Shakeup
  • Should People Who Want GLP-1s Have to Work for Them?
  • High Health Care Costs Are Fueling a New Fight Over Old Laws
  • Trump's Pick to Quiet the Chaos at HHS
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