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Category: USA
Aztec Homeland was in Utah
Aztec legend holds that their forefathers migrated to Mexico City from a land to the north – a land of … More
Mainstream media helped sell the Iraq invasion
Trust in large US news organisations has reached something of a tipping point: more than half of all Americans now … More
Give the Navajo Nation Water
States that rely on water from the over-tapped Colorado River want the U.S. Supreme Court to block a lawsuit from the Navajo … More
“Socialism for the rich and capitalism for the rest”
Donald Trump ran up budget deficits in his first three years to levels seen in our history only during major wars and … More
March on Washington – August 28, 1963
The March on Washington was a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in … More
Martha’s Vineyard, a Black summertime sanctuary
For generations, forces worked to curtail Black freedom and joy. The Vineyard proved a safe place. The Inkwell, as one … More
Lessons From America’s War in the Middle East
For well over 30 years now, the United States military has been intensively engaged in various quarters of the Islamic … More
How Many Countries has the US Invaded
While the Russian invasion of Ukraine dominated headlines in early 2022 and the countries Germany invaded were a vital part of World War II, the United States has itself been … More
Medals of Honor for soldiers at Wounded Knee
Lawmakers took a step last week towards taking back the nation’s highest award for valor from Army troops who perpetrated … More
1 out of 4 Old West cowboys were Black
Did you know that 1 out of every 4 cowboys was Black? Historians now estimate that between 20 to 25% … More
Elizabeth “Eliza” Lucas Pinckney
Elizabeth “Eliza” Lucas Pinckney (December 28, 1722 – May 27, 1793) transformed agriculture in colonial South Carolina, where she developed indigo as one of its … More
Amorica and America
When I was in Third Grade we were studying Early American History. It came right after a three-week session on … More
Don’t Normalize Israel’s Extremist Government
Over the coming weeks and months, the newly formed Israeli governing coalition and its U.S. allies will try to normalize … More
Netanyahu, the godfather of modern Israeli fascism
Fascism has been on the minds of Israel’s friends and foes alike since “the Jewish State” held its latest elections … More
Upland South
The Upland South and Upper South are two overlapping cultural and geographic subregions in the inland part of the Southern and lower Midwestern United States. They differ from the Deep South and Atlantic … More
Delaware, Maryland were slave states in Civil War
In the context of the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were slave states that did not secede from the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, and after … More
Dulles, CIA, America’s Secret Government
David Talbot is a noted journalist, the founder of independent news source Salon.com, and that author of “Brothers”, an insightful … More
Plausible Deniability
When Kennedy assumed the presidency in January 1961, he inherited a federal agency that had spun out of control. The … More
Cover Up Zapata
1953: George H. W. Bush and John Overbey formed a new business with Hugh Liedtke and Bill Liedtke named Zapata … More
Michael Ruark 