In late July 2024, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took to the stage in support of then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, …
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In late July 2024, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took to the stage in support of then-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, …
At the end of the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech on the steps of the Alabama state Capitol.
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I used to call my mother a grammar dictator. She is an Iowa native; a place where the predominant way …
Memories of America being the land of opportunity colored my childhood. In the movies, in news, at school, America was …
With the clock ticking down on unsigned bills passed in the final days of the 2025 legislative session, Gov. Kim …
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