Early in 1967, America was mired in an escalating war in Vietnam, presided over by President Lyndon B. Johnson. A collection of liberal leaders including anti-war Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin, prominent socialist Norman Thomas and future Congressman Allard Lowenstein were determined to recruit a serious anti-war candidate to challenge …
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PORTLAND — A “Trump 2020 Cruise Rally,” comprised of hundreds of flag-waving pro-Trump pickup truck drivers, detoured into downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night, setting off clashes between right- and left-wing protesters. Events turned deadly when a supporter of the far-right-wing group Patriot Prayer was shot and killed. Police have …
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Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested and charged with first-degree homicide after a clash with protestors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that led to the shooting death of two people and the wounding of a third. The teen was arrested in Illinois, where he lives, according to a complaint acquired by Rolling Stone …
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Stevie Wonder took to social media on Tuesday to discuss Juneteenth, Primary Election Day and the failings of Donald Trump. “This past Friday many of us celebrated Juneteenth,” he said. “I did. And yet, so many others didn’t and haven’t. As a matter of fact, there are three states that …
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From his office window, attorney Buck Colbert “B.C.” Franklin could see planescircling low overhead Greenwood, the thriving African American district in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the early morning hours of June 1st, 1921, and they were growing in number. Moments later, he heard “something falling like hail upon the top of …
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Working as a nurse at the St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio in the 1950s and 1960s, Mary Gregory saw a healthcare system that was broken. In fact, just getting to that position was a struggle: After initially being rejected from the St. Vincent School of Nursing, in 1951, …
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