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The driverless car is here! Finally. Google has harnessed artificial intelligence to create a self-driving car they call Waymo, standing for “Way Forward in Mobility.” Regulators in San Francisco and Phoenix legalized Waymo cars because the robo-cars drive...
Slavery’s Descendants: Heirs of Power
About a month after the Civil War began, a slaveholding ancestor of current U.S. Congressman French Hill seemed confident about the future. “Lincoln can’t starve me out unless he takes my land and negros,” plantation owner Creed Taylor wrote to a relative. By the time...
News From Around the South, 12/11 to 12/18
GEORGIA: Fulton County Court Finds 200-Year-Old Records Exposing Slavery in the South FULTON COUNTY, Ga. – Hundreds of historic documents dating back to slavery have been discovered among Fulton County Probate Court records. Inside the records room of Fulton...
In Defense of Free Speech and Free Silence
“I disagree with what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government....
The Many Ways JFK’s Assassination Re-Shaped Dallas Forever
On Nov. 22, 1963, a series of shots rang out in Dealey Plaza just as President John F. Kennedy’s open limousine passed through. The president was fatally wounded — and Dallas would never be the same. Why it matters: Those five seconds changed the arc of global...Obiter Dicta
PITTSBURGH — Walking out of the Allegheny County Republican election night event at a local luxury hotel, the young men Read More
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GEORGIA: Georgia lawmaker proposes ‘Confederate History Month’ ATLANTA – A Georgia lawmaker on Monday defended his proposal asking House colleagues to recognize “Confederate History Month,” but black lawmakers charge it Read More