The false narrative claims that individual police officers, motivated by overt racism or implicit racial bias, are rampantly targeting black Americans. Some go further to allege these shootings are proof of “systemic racism” within American law enforcement.
Anyone who has ever seen footage of a “Black Friday” stampede knows the holiday season can bring out the worst in people. So it’s important to remember that it can also bring out the best — and to realize that government can inadvertently dampen our more compassionate impulses.
Most Americans support a broad definition of religious freedom and accommodation of minority religious beliefs in the workplace, despite a growing sense of polarization in the public square, according to a new study.
The shopping season marks a special time for cybercriminals and scammers to take advantage of those unaware of various scamming techniques. Here are a few ways to outsmart the scammers.
Debunking the nature and origin of Thanksgiving seems to be turning into its own cottage industry. But the Pilgrim Thanksgiving story is based on real events. The small band of religious dissenters who crossed an ocean to a dangerous new world have, rightly, been given special prominence in the origin story of the United States.
While the birds might not look so quick on the Thanksgiving dinner platter, turkeys can reach 25 mph running full speed on the ground. Flying, they can move through the air at up to 55 mph.
Its origins are in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Some 102 colonists, the “Pilgrims,” travelled across the Atlantic on the Mayflower in September of 1620 seeking religious freedom. It proved to be a horrendous crossing and a worse winter, during which most stayed aboard the ship. By the spring, nearly half were dead.
Thanksgiving usually brings to mind images of Puritan pilgrims feasting with American Indians, but Catholic Conquistadors actually preceded them in celebrating Thanksgiving feasts on American soil.
A recent telephone survey conducted by Barre-based journalist Guy Page reveals that while nearly 50 percent of Vermonters are concerned about climate change, others aren’t so sure.
It turns out Medicare for All would cost some working families more than their budget for electricity; others, their gasoline budget; and others, even more than their food budget. As a result, 73.5% of Americans will have less money in their pockets under Medicare for All.
Since 1973, close to 100,000 babies were killed by abortion in Vermont. The babies aborted in the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s never grew up to have children or grandchildren. We are seeing the results in our schools with rapidly declining enrollments.
For much of the 19th century, Thanksgiving was celebrated only by New Englanders and Northeastern transplants in the upper Midwest and New York.