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20 Years Later, The Lessons Of Hurricane Katrina Go Unheeded
It's been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29, 2005, breaching New Orleans' protective levees, unleashing unprecedented destruction. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, killing over 1,800 people, mostly poor residents of New Orleans' historic Black neighborhoods. Katrina was also the U.S.' ...Read more
On The Smithsonian And Slavery: Trump's Whitewashing Of History
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump attacked the narrative long taught in U.S. schools and documented in museums, about the abhorrent, centuries-long practice of slavery. He focused on The Smithsonian Institution, the world-renowned center of learning and culture based in Washington, D.C.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, "The ...Read more