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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s pending promotion sheds new light on his overlooked fight for equal rights after the Civil War

by Anne Marshall, Mississippi State University Tucked away in an amendment to the FY2023 U.S. defense authorization bill is a rare instance of congressional bipartisanship...

Why virtue signaling isn’t the same as virtue – it actually furthers the partisan divide

A sign in a yard listing many virtues – an example of virtue signaling. davelogan/iStock via Getty images by Christopher Beem, Penn State In a speech on...

What veterans’ poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day

by James Dubinsky, Virginia Tech Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain...

Must the president be a moral leader?

by Michael Blake, University of Washington The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as...

Old statues of Confederate generals are slowly disappearing – will monuments honoring people of color replace them?

  A statue of Confederate general Robert E Lee is lifted off its pedestal in Charlottesville, Va. John McDFor their partonnell/The Washington Post via Getty...

Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ lays bare bizarre role of guns in American culture

Great playwrights have always used the theater to narrate and interrogate the history of their society. Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images by Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University and Peter...

New Pittsburgh Courier endorses Joe Biden for president

FIRE TRUMP, HIRE BIDEN Courier endorses Joe Biden for President by The Courier Editorial Board, Oct. 28, 2020   During the final presidential debate, Oct. 22, in Nashville,...

The historic Million Man March address toward a perfect union

by Minister Louis Farrakhan (The following text is excerpted from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address at the 1995 Million Man March on Washington, which...

One huge lie crystallized

by Roger Caldwell (NNPA)—You may have decided not to look at the recent Republican National Convention on television, and many Americans think President Trump broke...

2013 in Pa.: Gay marriage, concussions, Gettysburg and a chief resigns

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Gettysburg anniversary, a fight over gay marriage and a young girl who challenged national organ transplant rules were among the...

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