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Robert L. Allen, Who Recounted a Naval Mutiny Trial, Dies at 82
New York Times· 3 days agoMr. Allen, a writer, activist and academic, died a week before the Navy exonerated the men. “The...
A Texas school built to segregate Hispanic students is now recognized as a National Park
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoThis school in Marfa, Texas was built on the basis of de facto segregation for Hispanic students but...
Historic utility AND high fashion. 80-year-old LL Bean staple finds a new audience as a trendy bag
Detroit News· 5 days agoL.L. Bean created it 80 years ago to haul heavy blocks of ice. Now it's a must-have summer fashion...
80 years on: Marking the liberation of Majdanek Nazi camp – DW – 07/24/2024
Deutsche Welle· 1 day agoA US war reporter would later describe Majdanek as "the most terrible place on the face of the Earth," comparing it to a huge car factory "for the production of death." Ahead ...
Letters to the editor: ‘Let Alice Munro be. She was under no obligation to improve us; it is enough...
The Globe and Mail· 5 days agoIn today’s letters to the editor: Joe Biden and Donald Trump; Bretton Woods; the housing crisis; the...
Matt Damon Narrates Long-Form Feature Honoring D-Day
3BL CSRwire· 1 day agoThe feature, produced by David Picker and Ron Vaccaro, is set to premiere later this summer during NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Olympic Games Paris...
Malcolm Woo, Chicago police officer who helped pave the way for other Asians in law enforcement,...
Chicago Sun-Times· 7 days agoWhen he first joined the police department in 1969, not many Chicago cops looked like Malcolm Woo....
Nguyen Phu Trong, Powerful Vietnamese Leader, Is Dead at 80
New York Times· 6 days agoNguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party, who presided over...
Black Sailors Exonerated 80 Years After Deadly World War II Disaster
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoThe move represents “the end of a long and arduous journey for these Black sailors and their families, who fought for a nation that denied them equal justice ...
Legend claims Native American blessing protects Sarasota Bay from hurricanes. Is it true?
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days ago“It is said that the sullen...gulf, as it breaks upon the beaches, is but the noise, of conflict, ...