Jacobin on MSN1d
Learning From the Courage of the Civil Rights Movement
It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...
On This Day: Congress establishes West Point
On March 16, 1802, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
On This Day, March 16: Congress establishes West Point
On March 16, 1802, the U.S. Congress authorized the establishment of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
Yakima Herald-Republic20d
White Swan man sought on domestic violence charge for more than four years pleads guilty
A man indicted in the December 2019 assault of his intimate partner in White Swan has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in June. Louis Sam Wyena, 46, was in U.S. District Court in Yakima on ...
The Bay State Banner21d
Boycotting companies that abandon DEI commitments
“If they don’t want us, then they don’t need our money.” The most famous boycott in the history of the Civil Rights Movement began in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 after seamstress Rosa Parks, an ...
The Boston Globe21d
Here’s how Massachusetts proposes to measure graduation readiness for students, post MCAS
Massachusetts education officials are proposing interim graduation standards that would require students, beginning with the class of 2026, to pass specific classes after voters last fall dropped ...
CBC.ca22d
Google says it's updating Canadian parks listed as state parks in its search and maps
"We're actively working to update labels for parks in Canada to avoid confusion," a spokesperson told CBC News in an email. Though the state park classification predates the current political ...
Global News22d
Google Maps users say Canada’s provincial parks are being labelled as ‘state parks’
Google Maps users have noticed and started documenting the way parks are being labeled in B.C. and Canada. Screenshots provided to Global News show B.C. provincial parks are identified as “state ...
The Independent22d
Rangers panic as Elon Musk’s job cuts remove vital services in national parks
That’s my passion and it breaks my heart to think about what's going to happen to the parks.” Some of these problems are already hitting the parks, but they are expected to worsen during this ...
Business Insider22d
I've been to all 63 US National Parks. Here are 6 you may not have heard of but should experience at least once.
An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The 63 Congress-designated national parks have been touted as "America's best idea" — and with their mile-deep canyons, 3,000-year-old trees ...
East Idaho News24d
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a Yogi: ‘She was often taking care of herself’
The Library of Congress image, taken in Detroit in March 1973, shows the late civil rights leader Rosa Parks engaged in the holistic practice of yoga, lying on her stomach and pulling her feet ...