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His Name is Trayvon
On this day in 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old high school student, is fatally shot in Sanford, Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer….
Enter, The Greatest
On this day in 1964, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins the first of two heavyweight championship bouts against Sonny Liston, cementing his arrival and indisputable…
Semper Fidelis on Suribachi
On February 3rd, 1945, six U.S. Marines hoisted the American flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi, the highest point on the jagged, sulfurous, stinking…
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…
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