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Hidden History: The Black Soldiers of the Confederacy
The first African-American military unit to be organized in the Civil War was on the side of the Confederacy. But they were not slaves—they were free volunteers."Hidden History" is a diary series that...
View ArticleTwo cheers for Mitt Romney’s Lincolnesque moment
One day after he cast his historic vote to remove President Donald Trump office, Utah Senator and former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has continued to receive accolades for his principled and...
View ArticleThe coming civil war or acceptance of tyranny: do you believe me now?, part II
I have warned the readers here before about what was to come and got castigated for it as failing to support “unity”.But I was correct in my assessments.I warned that centrist politics and messaging...
View Article'Boogaloo' civil war talk takes on a life of its own as far-right extremists...
The myths and conspiracy theories that fuel the radical right often take on lives of their own: Think of how the QAnon phenomenon began as a handful of conspiracy theorists making groundless claims and...
View ArticleSevere Disruption to American Life: Coronavirus, Climate Change, Trump
Despite the hysteria from the political class and the media, smoking doesn’t kill– Mike Pence 2 March 2001 –I don’t believe effective anti-drug policy involves handing out drug paraphernalia– speaking...
View ArticleTrump joins past U.S. presidents who 'like the numbers being where they are'
President Trump ignited a firestorm of criticism following his comments Friday at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). After Trump explained, “I’d rather have the people stay” on the 3,500 person...
View ArticleWhat if, it takes a Village and a Virus to Save America from The Right
For one brief shining moment, it seemed some referring to themselves as news professionals skirted ever so closely to the bar of Cronkite/Huntley/Brinkley, once China lifted its veil of secrecy,...
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Photo Diary: Fort Pickens, Pensacola FL
The first shots of the Civil War, it could be said, were not fired at Fort Sumter in April 1861, but three months earlier in Pensacola FL.On January 10, 1861, Florida became the third state to secede...
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A story to travel away from Covid
Vicksburg VisitationI suppose the people of Vicksburg possess mixed feelings, much as they did in 1863. Happy to celebrate the anniversary of one of the most strategic days in American history, yet...
View ArticleThe Tragic Redefining of Patriotism
Once upon a time patriotism was an honorable and noble thing. Unfortunately, the word has been hijacked by right-wing zealots who have bastardized the concept beyond recognition. Now, when you see the...
View ArticleThe Easter massacre of 1873—and the subsequent Supreme Court decision that...
About a half a century after 150 black people were massacred in Colfax, Louisiana, on Easter Sunday 1873, a monument to three “heroes” of that slaughter was unveiled in the city’s cemetery. It honored...
View ArticleDonald Trump is personally responsible for the death of thousands of Americans
A woman who went through a grocery store in March, deliberately coughing on produce, was just one of at least three people facing terrorism charges for such actions that involve manipulating people...
View ArticleThe far right wants to make its shared 'Boogaloo' fantasy of violent civil...
The Age of Conspiracy Theories in which we are now immured has produced a kind of bastard offspring: the Shared Violent Fantasy. Exhibit A is the “Boogaloo,” the far-right’s ironic name for the...
View ArticleMake no Mistake... Michigan is a Dress Rehearsal for November
The armed yahoos who stormed the Michigan state Capitol on Thursday are what Trump refers to as "very good people". As opposed to Democratic Congresspersons, journalists not of the FOX and OAN ilk,...
View ArticleApril 9, 1865 Lee surrendered. May 8, 1945 was VE Day. Lest we forget.
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View ArticleFBI arrests an Ohio 'Boogaloo Boi' for plotting ambush of police officers at...
The self-described “Boogaloo Boi” had a carefully laid-out plan: In order to spark an uprising that would lead to the imposition of martial law and thus the next civil war, he would ambush police...
View ArticleThe Memorial Day history forgot: The Martyrs of the Race Course
Republished and updated in honor of Memorial Day and the Black Union soldiers we should not forget —DOVA pencil drawing and a grainy photo in the Library of Congress are all that is left of the...
View ArticleA story of service on Memorial Day
I wanted to share a story from my family history from across the years for Memorial Day.I originally wrote this many years ago about my G-G-G-Grandfather on the 150th anniversary of his death. He...
View ArticleSlouching towards Bethlehem...
Cities are in flames; the military may have to be called out. One in every four workers is unemployed. A pandemic is still working its way through the country.So, is America Great Again? Is the wall...
View ArticleCitizen’s Arrest: Racist at its Roots – Alan Singer on History News Network
Citizen’s Arrest: Racist at its Roots – Alan Singer on History News NetworkThe videoed murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a young Black man by two white vigilantes, while jogging near Brunswick, Georgia, has...
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