This is the grave of Clark Terry. Born in 1920 in St. Louis, Terry picked up the trumpet at a young age and was playing in local jazz bands when he was in high school. He grew up poor, like real poor. He was good enough...
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia poses with his family in his chambers before court ceremonies on Friday September 26, 1986 in Washington, D.C. Pictured are, front row, from left:.
In 1951, as New York built the Thruway, it created films to sell the project to the different communities where it would pass through. They are mostly the same, with.
This is a great idea: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday announced a novel incentive program for people in his state to get vaccinated — a $1 million lottery.DeWine, a Republican, said only people who've gotten the vaccine will be eligible to win the prize, which...
On most issues, we worry about two Democrats being awful and destroying progressive change for their own reasons--Joe Manchin and Krysten Sinema. But on labor issues, the problem is definitely.
Good news here! The number of deportations carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month fell to the lowest monthly level on record, a drop that comes as.
Voters wait hours in long lines to cast their early vote at the Summit County Board of Elections on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Akron, Ohio. About 30 million people have already voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia, either by mail or in...
Over the past five months, the violent insurrection unleashed by Donald Trump on the United States capitol and Congress on January 6th has undergone quite a special metamorphosis inside the.
I don't entirely know what to make of the seemingly widespread choice by a lot of low-wage workers to not go back to their crappy jobs. There's been a ton.
I've made this point before and no doubt will make it again. Despite my personal hatred of going to the dentist (quit torturing me!), perhaps the single stupidest part of this broken healthcare system we have in the United States is that dentistry is considered a...
Good piece here on one of the ways that the pandemic intersects with the criminal injustice system: Here in San Francisco, over 100 people are still languishing in jail awaiting.
https://twitter.com/LEBassett/status/1392275351355731972 I have zero sympathy for Liz Cheney: she did everything she could to help re-elected the man who said over and over again that he would not recognize the.