This is the grave of Christopher Columbus. Hoo boy...... I'm largely just going to copy from my Columbus Day labor history post from earlier this year, which lays most of it out. Do we really need a basic bio here? I don't think so. Columbus...
Author: Erik Loomis
Here's something I did not know until 5 minutes ago: At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, American Walter Winans took the podium and waved proudly to the crowd. He had already.
This is the grave of Lyman Lemnitzer. Born in 1899 in Homedale, Pennsylvania, Lemnitzer graduated from high school there, got a West Point appointment, and finished there in 1920. He.
Starbucks employee Tim Swicord and Gailyn Berg pose for a portrait outside of a Starbucks in Springfield, Va on April 13, 2022. (Michael A. McCoy for NPR) We will see if this makes any difference given that the number of stores involved is not really...
This is the grave of George Pettibone. Born in 1862, Pettibone was a miner. He came out of Kansas, but he eventually ended up in Idaho. He was just a.
This is the grave of John Schofield. Born in 1831 in Gerry, New York, Schofield grew up the son of a Baptist minister and missionary. The lattermeant a lot of.
The Washington Post attempted to count the number of dead Native children on the grounds of the genocidal Indian Schools. The best number it could come up with is 3,100, which is almost certainly low, but these things are likely to be underestimated due to...
This is the grave of Oscar DePriest, as well as his wife Jessie DePriest. Born in 1871 in Florence, Alabama, DePriest grew up, like most Black kids of that time,.
The big loss in music this week was that of Zakir Hussain, dead at 73. I had a few chances to see the great tabla player here and there but.
No wonder Donald Trump and Eric Adams are becoming buds. They surround themselves with the same kind of class acts: Jeffrey Maddrey, the highest-ranking officer of the New York Police Department, abruptly resigned late Friday night after explosive allegations of sexual harassment surfaced against him....
Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill Huh, wow, well, this is good: The Senate passed bipartisan legislation early Saturday that would give full Social Security benefits to a group of public sector retirees.
So, the NFL is pissed that the NCAA is playing its first ever big 12 team playoff weekend on the Saturday before Christmas, traditionally a time when the NFL plays.