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A legacy of equality: Revisiting the Highlander Folk School and its role in the American civil rights movement 

Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee school once powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights movement and its leaders, while preserving Southern Appalachian culture. Its inspiring impact on the lives of two participants — one Black, one white — have lessons for today, according to the author of a new book. For Richard Dillingham in the early 1960s, economic prospects were bleak for a poor white...

The Trump obsession

Trump has great influence over all our lives. And that has led to obsession.

National Guard shooting suspect faces first-degree murder charges

The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting in Washington, D.C., now faces first-degree murder charges, after U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her wounds Thursday. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the Afghan national accused of shooting Beckstrom and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, members of the West Virginia National Guard on deployment in the nation’s capital, now...

What America needs from President Trump’s successor: Rebuilding trust in government

The next president of the United States will face the difficult task of restoring trust in the American government, which has been eroded by the Trump presidency, and will need to be committed to good government, restoring the rule of law, and reestablishing norms that have served the country well.

Can you guess Americans’ most-used social media site? It’s not Facebook, IG or TikTok

You might not even think of it as a social media site.

Vance’s past warnings reignite after Afghan national named as suspect in DC Guard shooting

Vice President JD Vance's 2021 warnings about Afghan refugee vetting resurface after Washington shooting suspect entered U.S. through Operation Allies Welcome program.

National Guard shooting in DC leaves West Virginia reeling as top official slams Afghanistan withdrawal

The fatal shooting of National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom by an alleged Afghan national suspect has sparked criticism of immigration policies following the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.

Family, service, and a break from the ‘s— show’: Lawmakers share what they’re grateful for this Thanksgiving

Lawmakers from both parties share what they're grateful for this Thanksgiving, from family blessings to newfound love and decades of public service.

The fall of Ukraine means the end of the post-1945 Western order

Can everyone else not see what is wrong with this? What is it that we are throwing away? The years since World War II have been the most peaceful in human history. As Steven Pinker showed, we have been proportionately less likely to die in an interstate war over the past 80 years than in […]

US boat strikes could kill US citizens — it’s happened before

If Congress does not intervene, it’s only a matter of time before a similar tragedy occurs. 

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