Christopher Columbus Says Slavery Was ‘Better than Getting Killed’ in New Videos Approved for Florida Students Florida has approved using controversial animated videos created by an unaccredited, right-wing group as supplemental teaching materials by Don Mooney Published on August 10, 2023 01:31PM EDT Months after Florida canceled a class on […]
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Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, dies aged 77
The bassist and vocalist, who sang the hit Take It to the Limit, died of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Associated PressThu 27 Jul 2023 21.17 EDT Randy Meisner, a founding member of the Eagles, has died at age 77, the band said on Thursday. Meisner died on Wednesday […]
Wife Killed in Alleged Road Rage Shooting After Husband ‘Flipped Off’ Other Driver
“She died for no reason,” the husband of Paola Nuñez Linares tells PEOPLE By Michael Lee Simpson Published on July 13, 2023 03:04PM CST A 37-year-old woman was fatally shot in an apparent road rage incident in Texas on Monday, and now her widower and mother are speaking out to PEOPLE […]
A Tour To Heal America
by Don Mooney 7-14-2023 Memphis, TN—The great American Reconciler, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr paid the ultimate sacrifice in Memphis by peacefully attempting to reconcile the Black and White divide in America. Now 55-years later the completion of that work is more evidently needed as the political state of the […]
A bridge over Yellowstone River collapses, sending a freight train into the waters below
By MATTHEW BROWN 20 minutes ago Several train cars are immersed in the Yellowstone River after a bridge collapse near Columbus, Mont., on Saturday, June 24, 2023. The bridge collapsed overnight, causing a train that was traveling over it to plunge into the water below. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) COLUMBUS, Mont. […]
What A Difference A Year Makes
A Year Without Roe: Here Are the Stories of People Denied Abortions This year, facing stringent bans and terrifying health concerns, people fled their home states to get abortions or performed their own. By Carter Sherman June 21, 2023, 8:49am It’s been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. […]
Our Tragic History That Must Be Taught
A trip to the birthplace of the blues is also a visit to a region soaked in the history of bigotry and the struggle for civil rights. It’s a past that we need to acknowledge and that today’s students need to learn about. OPINION | June 23, 2023 • Jabari Simama […]
Guess What’s Coming To Dinner
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR today Chicken every Sunday is about to take on a whole new meaning. From farm to table-an old wive tale. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of […]
China, #1 World Predator Lender Ready To Pounce
‘In a lot of the world, the clock has hit midnight’: China is calling in loans to dozens of countries from Pakistan to Kenya BYBERNARD CONDON AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 18, 2023 at 6:11 PM CDT Protesters storm the office building of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, demanding he resign after President […]
THE BEST: Jim Brown Dead At 87
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Brown was virtually unstoppable in every arena. Whether on the field, as a Hollywood film hero or civil rights advocate, Brown was a force. One of the greatest players in NFL history, Brown, who retired at the peak of his playing career to pursue acting and […]