Black voters' ballots were being thrown out in Flagstaff. Annie Watkins changed that
She helped start the NAACP in Flagstaff and taught Black voters how to have their vote count. But her story is lost to time.
Willie 'Whoop A**' Johnson? No evidence for name, identity of Black man grabbing Klansman in photo
As we found when we first looked into the history of the photo in 2021, there was no evidence to support the claim that the ...
The most beautiful mountains in the world: from K2 to the Matterhorn and beyond
We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...
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The story of the Black ‘Brooklynites’ and their fight for freedom in NYC
Their history is Brooklyn’s history, spanning from the borough’s era as a slaveholding capital in New York and through the ...
One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
The Delaware Gazette2d
The professor who came to dinner
President McKinley took the train to Niagara Falls on Sept. 6, 1901. He viewed the Niagara Gorge, crossed part-way over the Honeymoon Bridge (staying on the U.S. side of the border) and traveled over ...
Judge blocks Trump administration from placing USAID workers on leave. Here’s how it unfolded.
The workers associations argue that President Trump lacks the authority to shut down an agency enshrined in congressional ...
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Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali’s name instead of change it to Mount McKinley
The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of ...
The Latest: The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more troops to the southern border
The Pentagon will deploy roughly 1,500 more active duty soldiers to the southern border to support President Trump’s ...
The Nation3d
The White Nationalist in Chief’s Return to Power
In just a few days, Trump has positioned himself as the greatest defender of whiteness in the nation.
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South Carolina sets next execution date as inmate questions lethal injection doses
The South Carolina Supreme Court has set a March 7 date for the latest execution in the state’s suddenly busy death chamber.
Donald Trump’s first 16 days: Pardons, 956 immigration arrests and everything he’s done so far
From gender to Gaza, climate policy to USAID, the start of Trump’s second term as seen a deluge of orders and pronouncements overturning what has gone before ...