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Barry Goldwater on religion in politics

Although titled “To Be Conservative,” Goldwater’s statement was a resounding denunciation of the GOP’s then-growing alignment with “political preachers.”

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John Wilkes Booth shot President Lincoln 157 years ago

Five days earlier, Lee had surrendered to Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.

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Marshall v Jackson: how the South is winning the Civil War

Compare the historic US Senate vote in 1967, which confirmed the first Black man to the Supreme Court, with that of 2022, which confirmed the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. You’ll see the evolution of White Supremacy in the United States, how we have regressed over the past 55 years. The summary Senate votes […]