The well-known story of Thanksgiving is an account of how the English pilgrims and Native Americans came together for a celebratory meal in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it’s time to cancel the holiday altogether. Some people view the holiday as a reminder of the […]
By Áine Cain and Joey Hadden, Insider While celebrations may look different this year in light of the ongoing pandemic, typically Thanksgiving is a time for family, parades, lots of delicious food, and, oftentimes, intense travel snarls. American schoolchildren are usually taught that the tradition dates back to the pilgrims, English religious dissenters who helped […]
Alejandro Mayorkas, President Obama’s nominee to become deputy secretary of the Homeland Security Department, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. – July 25, 2013 (Shutterstock) By Michael Crowley, MSN WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. plans to name several top national security picks on Tuesday, his transition office said, including the first Latino […]
Protesters with signs at the Defend Democracy March after Biden is announced as President Elect – Los Angeles, CA / USA – November 7, 2020. (Shutterstock) By Aris Folley, MSN More than 100 former GOP senior national security officials who served under former Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, as well as […]
Bronze statue of Founding Fathers John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson kneeling in prayer by sculptor Stan Watts at Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge. – Valley Forge, PA – July, 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Gillian Brockell, MSN President Trump continued Friday to deny the results of the election, pressuring state officials in Michigan and […]
Anti-racism and Biden supporters stretched tarps across H St while awaiting results on election night. They say, “Trump lies all the time,” and “Remove Trump” – Washington, DC, USA – November 3, 2020 (Shutterstock) By Bella DePaulo, Chicago Tribune I spent the first two decades of my career as a social scientist studying liars and […]
By Janet Howard, Special to CAW
Kamala Harris has what I like to call happy eyes. And those happy eyes culminated with the most joyous laugh heard around the world on Saturday, November 7, in a video posted to her social media. In that, she excitedly says, “We did it, we did it, Joe. You’re going to be the next President […]
By PowWows Contemporary Native Americans face many challenges today. If you watch the news you’ll see headlines about mascots, celebrities wearing headdresses, and pipelines. While these are important issues, there are other problems facing Native communities that are more significant. These challenges are experienced socially, economically, culturally and on many other fronts, and include but […]
A Trump video targeting Florida’s growing Venezuelan American population falsely claimed that Venezuela’s socialist regime wanted Biden to win. But President Nicolás Maduro has said that he opposed both candidates.
President Donald Trump speaks at Florida International University regarding the ongoing crisis in Venezuela. – Miami, Florida / United States – February 25, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Jeremy B. Merrill for ProPublica, and Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica In Florida, where President Donald Trump gained crucial support among Latino voters, his campaign ran a YouTube ad in Spanish making the […]
Presidential Candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-California) speaks at the West Des Moines Democrat’s Picnic at Legion Park in West Des Moines, Iowa. – West Des Moines, Iowa – July 3, 2019 (Shutterstock) By Sharon Austin, The Conversation The vice president-elect of the United States is the American daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants. With Joe […]