Category: Politics
The Sage of Monticello
On February 17th, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States, bringing about the first peaceful transfer of power from one…
Limbaugh’s Legacy of Lies
(Originally Published as “GOP-A-GANDA” in November, 2011) In a week filled with news including Jerry Sandusky’s horrible habits, Cairo’s own million man march and the…
The Sunday Driver, S2, E2: A Deadly Game of Inches
A Good, chilly Monday Afternoon to all. In honor of the Father of our Country, and the Rail-splitter himself, and as courts, banks and some…
Madiba, Father of the Nation
On this day in 1990, the South African government of President F.W. de Klerk releases Nelson Mandela from prison. Shortly after his release, Mandela was…
Justice Delayed for Medgar Evers
On February 5th, 1994, white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith is convicted for the 1963 murder of African-American civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Evers had…
Abolition Codified
On January 31, 1865, the US House of Representatives passes the 13th Amendment to the Constitution by a vote of 119-56, abolishing slavery in the…
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