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Is Impeachment Still Really a Thing? Part II Posted on: May 12, 2021 Written by Cal Jillson, Author of  Impeachment in American History Twenty-one “civil officers of the United States” have been impeached by the House of Representatives over the course of American history. Fifteen of the impeached officials have been federal judges, one has been a senator, another a cabinet secretary, and three have been presidents (Trump twice, of course). The Senate has taken up each of these impeachments, eventually, but has not always completed the process with a decision on guilt or acquittal. Only ...

Financial reparations are necessary to closing the racial wealth gap Provided by Deana Ridenhour April 22, 2021 Had Abraham Lincoln not been assassinated, race relations in the United States would be drastically different than they are today. In 1865, Union General William T. Sherman’s Special Field Order No. 15 set aside 400,000 acres of former Confederate land for freed slaves, allowing each family to have 40 acres of farmable land. This order was the result of a conversation that was held in Georgia between General Sherman, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and 20 Black community l...

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wisely said when asked about the size of the high court, “Nine seems to be a good number. It’s been that way for a long time.” “I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to pack the court,” she added. On this issue, she was absolutely right.  The latest efforts to expand the size of the Supreme Court of the United States should be viewed through political lenses. Last week, one of the major proponents of the new legislation — Sen. Ed Markey — stood outside the Supreme Court at a podium wi...

Letter: Remembering George Washington Dugan Published: 4/21/2021 10:00:05 AM Imagine that you sacrificed your life in the Civil War, but your name is lost to history, including on your town’s Civil War Memorial. This is the story of George Washington Dugan. Born in 1819 to Thomas and Jennie Dugan, there was no way to know that George and his mother would become household names in the historic Town of Concord. Sometimes, it takes a while for the public to be informed. In this case, it will be 158 years to complete the tale. The 54th Massachusetts was an infantry regiment that saw extensive ...