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National Guard members at US Capitol show sorry state of American democracy


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If you want to get a sense of the perilous state of American democracy right now, look no further than the images circulating online showing National Guard members sleeping in the hallways of the US Capitol underneath busts of Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, no less.
The troops aren’t staying overnight on the Hill because it’s comfortable. They’re there for an uncomfortable reason: to keep lawmakers safe as they debate whether to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time.
Here’s a similar image showing National Guard members on Wednesday getting some shuteye near Lincoln’s bust and a neighboring plaque. The plaque is worth dwelling on for a moment: It commemorates the volunteers who stayed over at the Capitol at Lincoln’s request on April 15, 1861. That was three days after the attack on Fort Sumter the opening battle of the Civil War. ....

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30 Public Schools in Chicago Are Named for Slaveholders


30 Public Schools in Chicago Are Named for Slaveholders
John Marshall Metropolitan High School is a West Side institution.
One of the city’s oldest public high schools once heavily Jewish and for decades home to a nearly all-Black student body it boasts fiercely proud alumni and a reputation for powerhouse athletics.
It’s named for the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, widely regarded as the most influential leader of the nation’s highest court, honored with his face on postage stamps and his name on law schools in Chicago and elsewhere.
Marshall also was a slaveholder his entire adult life, with at least 200 Black slaves on his Virginia plantations. ....

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Afternoon Edition: Dec. 30, 2020


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The snow/rain mix finally ended earlier today, and the rest of the afternoon will be cloudy with a high near 33 degrees. Tonight’s low will be around 19 degrees. Tomorrow, we get some much-needed sunshine; the high will be near 31 degrees.
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John Marshall Metropolitan High School is a West Side institution.
One of the city’s oldest public high schools, once heavily Jewish and for decades home to a nearly all-Black student body, it boasts fiercely proud alumni and a reputation for powerhouse athletics.
It’s named for the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, widely regarded as the most influential leader of the nation’s highest court, honored with his face on postage stamps and his name on law schools in Chicago and elsewhere. ....

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