Future of National Park Confederate Monuments
If you knew nothing about the U.S. Civil War and traveled to Gettysburg National Military Park, you might be forgiven for believing the South won, based on a reading of the monuments alone. The statue of Southern commander Robert E. Lee on horseback, which also serves...
Biden: No New Cold Wars or Democracy Crusades
“What is America’s mission?” is a question that has been debated since George Washington’s Farewell Address in 1797. At last week’s Munich Security Conference, President Joe Biden laid out his vision as to what is America’s mission....
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VIRGINIA: Marked By Monuments Tour Continues To Contextualize Charlottesville’s Confederate Monuments The virtual tour in particular highlights four Charlottesville Confederate markers and monuments, some of which have been physically removed since the tour’s...
Trump, Impeachment and the Constitution
The Constitution is the supreme law of the land, thus, all government behavior must conform to it. It is, of course, notwithstanding its supremacy, an imperfect document. Its original iteration in 1789 — and even after the addition of the Bill of Rights in 1791 —...
Southern States See Greatest Disparity Between Healthcare Costs and Middle-Class Income
SEATTLE, Feb., 16, 2021 — A new report found workers in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas contribute, on average, the highest percentage of their income to out-of-pocket health coverage costs. Recent trends in health care costs, health care coverage and...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: Latino Virginia oral history project gives voice to stories that supplant stereotypes ore than 1 in 10 Virginia residents are Latino, according to a 2022 report from the Virginia Read More