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The U.S. Constitution doesn’t mention Christianity or any specific religion. The Declaration of Independence famously proclaims that people’s rights come from a “Creator” and “Nature’s God” — but doesn’t specify who that is. Yet large numbers of Americans believe the founders intended the U.S. to be a Christian nation, and many believe it should be […]
The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Alan Karchmer/Smithsonian Insitution hide caption toggle caption Alan Karchmer/Smithsonian Insitution The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Alan Karchmer/Smithsonian Insitution The PBS program Antiques Roadshow sparked something in Dr. Lonnie Bunch III. The reality television show depicts dealers […]
A staff member wearing a face mask walks past United States and Chinese flags set up before a meeting between Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Saturday, July 8, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Regular readers will know that we love our dividends at Simply Wall St, which is why it’s exciting to see Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. The ex-dividend date is usually set to be one business day before the record date which is the cut-off date on […]
It’s Basic, a deeply moving new documentary about universal basic income, shows the shocking thing people do when the government hands them money with no strings attached: They help other people. The film, which premiered at Tribeca Festival last night and arrives at the Provincetown International Film Festival this week, follows several recipients of $500 […]
Liberty Media owns Formula 1. The media company took over the apex of motorsport a little over half a decade ago and completely changed the ballgame altogether. They waved their wand, and F1 entered an era of unprecedented popularity. Millions of new viewers from the land of Stars and Stripes now watch F1 because of […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family. These are just some of the recommendations made by a city-appointed reparations committee tasked […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is far from the only politician interested in secession, which has been discussed by the Wyoming GOP chair and is already part of the
Identity evolves. Social categories shrink or expand, become stiffer or more elastic, more specific or more abstract. What it means to be white or Black, Indian or American, able-bodied or not shifts as we tussle over language, as new groups take on those labels and others strip them away. On August 3, 1989, the Indigenous […]
Comment on this story Comment As news zipped across Florida that the governor had threatened to eliminate Advanced Placement classes, some parents discussed moving out of the state to protect their children’s chances at a good education. And high school students, some of them enrolled in AP classes, tried to fathom what was happening. Prisha […]