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Letters from an American – February 11, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, February 11, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Feb 11, 2026 On February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln gave birth to her second child, a son: Abraham. Abraham Lincoln grew up to become the nation’s sixteenth president, leading the country from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865, a little…
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Resources for African American History Month: Selected Digital Collections – Teaching with the Library
Teaching with the Library Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators ISSN 2691-6916 Share & Subscribe to this blog Resources for African American History Month: Selected Digital Collections February 10, 2026, Posted by: Colleen Smith Share this post: This is the second post in a series that looks at different resources from the Library that support…
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Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots – Literary Hub
Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots. By James Folta, February 10, 2026 This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture. It’s a pretty comprehensive…
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We are not Nazis. – Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance We are not Nazis. Also: No Kings, No Dictators. By Joyce Vance, Feb 05, 2026 I wrote this piece, titled “Are We The Nazis Now?” back in October last year. There were so many awful things happening, mostly to immigrants, but by then, some Americans had started to protest their…
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House report accuses Trump administration of cover-up in Good, Pretti killings – MS NOW
News House report accuses Trump administration of cover-up in Good, Pretti killings Both Minneapolis residents’ shooting deaths were the “direct result of the rapid and intentional escalation of violence” by DHS officers in service of Trump’s mass deportation plans, the report says. By Clarissa-Jan Lim, Feb. 3, 2026, 2:41 PM EST House Oversight Committee Democrats released…
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Literary Hub – Letter From Minnesota: Finding Reverence in the Face of Brutality
Letter From Minnesota: Finding Reverence in the Face of Brutality E. Bok Lee on the Courage the of Alex Pretti and His Fellow Minnesotans By Ed Bok Lee, January 29, 2026 So far this year, in Minneapolis, there have been three homicides, two of them by ICE. Eat Street in the Whittier neighborhood, where…
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America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover – Francine Prose – The Guardian
America feels like a country on the brink of an authoritarian takeover By Francine Prose This is the news we should be paying attention to. At least for the moment, everything else is a distraction — Sun 25 Jan 2026 22.00 EST When we talk about our inability to pay attention, to concentrate, we often…
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Trump Tests Presidential Power: Venezuela Operation, Iran Bombing and More – The New York Times
How Trump Is Pushing to Expand Presidential Power By Charlie Savage and Lazaro Gamio Jan. 19, 2026 Scroll to continue▼ In his second term, President Trump has sought to expand executive power in many ways. A list of the different presidential powers President Trump has sought in his second term. One area where he is…
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Trump’s threats over Greenland draw warnings and profanities at global forum – AP News
World News DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — There were grave warnings from European leaders and expletives from California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday as leaders at the World Economic Forum grappled with the Greenland crisis and heightened concerns over global trade. The gathering in Davos, Switzerland, comes as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to push for…
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Letters from an American – January 18, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, January 18, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 18, 2026 You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left. When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin…
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Dr. King and the Smithsonian – January 19, 2026
From my email, from the Smithsonian today: “On the third Monday in January, Americans pause to reflect on the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. A prominent minister and civil rights leader, King promoted peaceful action to advance desegregation, voting and labor rights, and other efforts supporting African American equality.” Dr. Martin Luther…
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Letters from an American – January 16, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
Letters from an American, January 16, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 17, 2026 Well, President Donald J. Trump finally has his Nobel Peace Prize. Yesterday, in a visit to the White House, Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado presented Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize medal the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded to her in…
