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FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce Americas first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Early beginnings Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails… Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freigh...

Today “voter suppression” is code for the tools Republicans use to disfranchise Black people and other people of color, because they are Democrats. But hardly anyone knows that one of the most significant acts of racial disfranchisement took place two hundred years ago here in the Empire State.

Stan Lee, arguably the most famous American comic book creator, died at age 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jewish identity, many evoked the phrase “may his memory be a blessing” (coming from the Hebrew “zichrono livracha”) when reporting on his passing. Just what this memory looks like, however, and what it should look like, is a topic that is increasingly up for debate. To most people with a passing knowledge of comic books, Lee — who may be best known to the general public for his 30-plus...

(JTA) — Stan Lee, arguably the most famous American comic book creator, died at age 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jewish identity, many evoked the phrase “may his memory be

Stan Lee’s legacy is complicated. This new book casts a shadow on it. Stan Lee poses in New York, June 15, 1978. (Santi Visalli/Getty Images) Advertisement (JTA) — Stan Lee, arguably the most famous American comic book creator, died at age 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jewish identity, many evoked the phrase “may his memory be a blessing” (coming from the Hebrew “zichrono l’bracha”) when reporting on his passing.   Just what this memory looks like, however, and what it s...

David M. Shribman: Presidents Day salutes nation’s remarkable leaders David M. Shribman © Provided by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette One of them campaigned for income supplements for veterans of the American Revolution. Another came into prominence for vetoing an inflated street-cleaning contract in Buffalo. A third boasted of not being a Caesar or a Napoleon but a “plain Hoosier colonel, with no more relish for a fight than for a good breakfast and hardly so much.” Happy Presi...

Opinions | The commonality between Biden’s education secretary and Betsy DeVos is a warning Adam Laats Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona, President Bidens nominee to be U.S. secretary of education, speaks during a news conference at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 23, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post) A world of difference separates President Biden’s nominee for secretary of education from the previous secretary, Betsy DeVos....

January 26, 2021 PULLMAN, Wash. –  Four of the nation’s leading experts on constitutional democracy will discuss current crises in the U.S. and abroad in a series of free, online events beginning Wednesday, Feb. 16. The noon-hour events are hosted by the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public and Public Service at Washington State University, whose mission is to educate the public about American government and democratic institutions, encourage public service and to promote scholarly resear...

  1840 (dated)         1 : 20000 Description This is an example of David Burrs rare 1840 map of Manhattan, New York City. Burrs map is one of the earliest maps focused specifically on Manhattan to illustrate the entire island. Oriented to the northeast, the map roughly follows the layout and design of the 1811 Commissioners Plan, wherein the geography of the island is sublimated by the citys iconic street grid. Burrs more commercial map also extends the coverage further east and west...

NorthJersey.com New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not hold back in his grandiose unveiling of his vision for a $306 billion statewide infrastructure plan during his State of the State address Thursday, invoking Shakespeare, Mark Twain and former state Govs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and DeWitt Clinton of New Deal and Erie Canal fame, respectively. But he did hold back details, opting instead to broadly reiterate in his fourth State of the State speech this week that New York will climb out of th...