Who actually does Labor Day honor? The answer and why knowing is vital may surprise you.
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Category: History's Presence, Inspire/Motivate, literature, Op/Ed, Politics, race, The Latest, Trending
Tags: Barnum Bailey, Ben Hecht quote, Circus Britney Spears, first black ringmaster, George Carlin quote, greatest show on earth, Jonathan Lee Iverson, kendall f. person, Ringling Bros, The Labor Day Circus, the neighborhood
Two sides of the same coin. Run Amok – nonfiction
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Category: History's Presence, Purpose, society, Society/Culture, The Latest, think, Trending
Tags: Arcade Creek Failed Levee, black dolphin, city of brotherly love, kendall f. person, MOVE, Philadelphia 1985, run, Run Amok nonfiction, Sacramento 1986, Sir Sly, the neighborhood
I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! – Patrick Henry http://wp.me/p33yiN-32k
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Category: history, History's Presence, Op/Ed, society, The Latest, Trending
Tags: 13th amendment, 8th of November, All Hail the Wrecking Ball Day, american revolutionary war, Big and Rich, Generation X, Happy Independence Day, legacy our democracy, opinion, Patrick Henry speech
There is an absolute, but its name is not Roseanne or Trump.
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Category: History's Presence, Op/Ed, political, Politics, Race Relations, The Latest, think, Trending, unhinged
Tags: american civil wolder, atom, atoms reach record cold, body temperature, Channing Dungey, Charles Blow, colder than absolute, kendall f. person, live science, racism, Roseanne is not absolute, Sara Gilbert, the neighborhood, THE SEARCH, the three evils of society, troubled relations with monkeys
John E. Walker had a plan. Sharing his memory is how his bloodline flows
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Category: Essays/Prose, History's Presence, Inspire/Motivate, Op/Ed, The Latest, Trending
Tags: 1969, Adele quote, chance to bond, Gladys Knight Pips, hold grudge, inspiration, kendall f. person, masters of reinvention, Mental Health Awareness Month, self-righteous indignation, this is... The Neighborhood, When we were about 4 or 5, You have to cry
