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Mahir Ali IT is somewhat disconcerting to find myself almost in agreement with US Senator Lindsey Graham, a particularly odious representative of the Republican leadership that propped up the Trump presidency for four years, and seems determined to perpetuate its sordid legacy. But he was on the ball when he told Fox News Sunday: “AOC said his first 100 days exceeded her expectations. That’s all you need to know.” Of course, what he meant by “That’s all you need to know” is vastly d...

Emancipation Day honors the day slavery ended in Washington, D.C. after President Lincoln signed the DC Compensated Emancipation Act in 1862. District residents marked the first anniversary after the Civil War with a parade. For the last 159 years, D.C. has marked the important date with celebrations including concerts, parades and more. Although there wont be a big, public celebration in 2021 due to the pandemic, we have ideas below on how to celebrate. How did D.C.s Black community react to t...

Updated / Tuesday, 9 Mar 2021 17:00 Were delighted to present an extract from The Great Leviathan: The Life of Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo 1788-1845, published by New Island Books. From Ireland, England, France, Austria, Greece, Turkey and Italy to America and the West Indies, overflowing with historic events, from the French Revolution to the Great Irish Famine, with a cast of the famous and infamous, Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquess of Sligo, lived life to the absolute limits...

Supervisors remember ‘The Settlement,’ a freed-slave community Brentsville District Supervisor Jeanine Lawson stands with Yolanda King, of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Gainesville to recognize The Settlement. After the Emancipation Act and the end of the Civil War, many freed slaves built communities across Prince William County. One of those communities, known as “The Settlement,” within the triangle of Old Carolina, Carver Road and Lee Highway in Gainesville, remains, to ...

Noble: Who really cares? How shallow protests ignore chance for real change ‘ Poor children are victims of circumstance/ In life they never really get a chance/Or have opportunities as privileged children do/ The road from the poor suburb to prison leads them/ From broken homes they are condemned to fail/ Their abusive and drug-addicted parents serving time in jail/ Their parents too homeless in their teen years/ On no hope street no laughter only tears.’ — Francis Duggan (2008). Photo: P...

Macron dictates “Charter of principles” to the French Islamic Council Last month, the French Council of Islam ( Conseil français du culte musulman —CFCM) adopted the “Charter of Principles” of Islam imposed by the French government. The charter commits Muslim religious officials to respect the principles dictated by the French government, which since the end of 2019 has presented Muslims as being driven by “separatism.” While hypocritically claiming to defend religious rights, t...

CBS News From the 60 Minutes archive: Scott Pelley reports on the Capitol Dome From 2013: Its hard to imagine America without the Capitol Dome, but when you hear how it was created it becomes hard to imagine it exists at all. 2021 Jan 07 The following script is from "The Capitol Dome" which aired on Dec. 1, 2013, and was rebroadcast on May 18, 2014. The correspondent is Scott Pelley. Nicole Young, producer. If you are yearning for something that rises above t...

This is a retrospective on education in the country taken from the cauldron of emancipation. The words of history are allowed to flow in unadulterated fashion. I intend in a follow-up piece to offer some reflection on the challenges and difficulties that history has presented us in education. First, I focus here on Foreign Secretary George Canning’s speech in the British parliament in 1824, on the church’s role in amelioration of slavery in our country, and next, on Joseph Latrobeâ€...

Deadline to everybody to monday the 18th because of whats happening in d.c. dont be confused here, as well. you hear emancipation act, that came nine months before lincoln actually signed the emancipation procloimation youre familiar with slaves in all the confederate states. turning to politics. the tea party getting a lot of love it seems these days at least from donald trump. he is delivering the keynote address in south florida this afternoon. not the only tea party republican hitting the ...

President lincoln signed the emancipation act which freed 3,000 slaves in the nations capital. emancipation day is actually today, but it was observed in d.c. yesterday on friday. now, friday would have been the normal tax filing day, but under tax code, the federal tax code, filing deadlines can fall on saturdays, sundays or holidays. so, the irs extended the deadline to monday the 18th for all of us. so, just so you wont be confused here, the emancipation act it came nine months before lincoln...