The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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Ukrainian winemaker and US veterans team up to show the best of Ukraine, a glass at a time
Soon, Lerman was toting out bottles of vodka and SHABO wines for his family and friends back home. Searches of U.S. stores ...
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Exposed Part 1: the Human Radiation Experiments at Hunter’s Point from SF Public Press
Today we present the first half of a two-part radio documentary from our friends at SF Public Press, “Exposed,” opening a ...
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Essential history: Labor and the Black experience
Literacy InterActives, Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Southside Virginia, is thrilled to announce the return of its Black History Month series for our community readers. The 2025 Black ...
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Among the wildfires’ victims: A great-grandmother, surfer, father and son
“The fire’s in the yard,” Anthony Mitchell ... and he shared it with a black and white cat he named The Bu, after Malibu. The feline liked only him. Friends saw him as a throwback to the ...
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A legacy destroyed: Altadena's Black residents fear neighborhood's soul may never return
Numerous family members followed and like others passed their homes down through generations as California’s real estate market flourished.The Eaton Fire ... Black families were forced to ...
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The Troubling Slavery-Era Origins of Inmate Firefighting
Additionally, when fires broke out, white fire officers had the power to impress free and enslaved Black men into service (as in the North, women were excluded from firefighting). They forced ...
Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 Episode 17: Recap, Release Date And More
Sunraku is set to finally get clues on the next Unique Monster in Shangri-La Frontier Season 2 Episode 17, so don’t miss it. Get the release date, recap and more here.
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The destruction of Altadena reverberates across Black Los Angeles
“I thought about it and I was like, ‘That fire ... more white residents left the area, and west Altadena in particular. As Los Angeles communities were forced to integrate, Black residents ...
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The Eaton Fire forced them from their homes. Here's what residents took with them
More than two weeks after a fire ripped through Altadena ... When housing discrimination was outlawed during the civil rights era, white families left the area and the population of Black homeowners ...
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A father at the bedside of his son, a surfer and a woman who stayed behind with her beloved pets are among wildfire victims
Anthony Mitchell, an amputee who used a wheelchair, last spoke to his daughter, Hajime White ... fire.” Known affectionately as “Momma D,” Curry had a vibrant presence and was part of Old ...