South Dakota lawmakers weigh voting laws amid election doubt
By STEPHEN GROVESFebruary 12, 2021 GMT
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) South Dakota Republicans are pushing a series of bills that they say would instill more confidence in elections but that critics worry will make it harder for people to vote.
Despite Gov. Kristi Noem claims that the state’s voting system is one of the best in the nation, lawmakers pushing the bills say the legislation is needed in light of Donald Trump’s claim that November’s election was unfair, even though it has repeatedly been found to be fair by the country’s top elections officials and the courts.
The Messed Up History Of Native American Boarding Schools
By Marina Manoukian/Feb. 5, 2021 3:15 pm EDT/Updated: March 8, 2021 9:43 am EDT
Although boarding schools for Native American children in the United States still exist, they re a far cry from their original iteration. The first native boarding school was opened in 1879, and for almost 100 years, they became another arena of forced assimilation and genocide.
Parents were coerced and intimidated into allowing their children to attend boarding schools, and if parents continued to refuse, children were often kidnapped. Children were hostages taken to pacify the leadership of tribes that would dare stand against U.S. expansion and Manifest Destiny.
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