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❝The lost neighborhood under New York's Central Park❞
“If you’ve been to New York, you’ve probably visited Central Park. But there’s a part of its story you won't see.
It’s a story that goes back to the 1820s, when that part of New York was largely open countryside. Soon it became home to about 1,600 people. Among them was a predominantly black community that bought up affordable plots to build homes, churches and a school. It became known as Seneca Village. And when Irish and German immigrants moved in, it became a rare example at the time of an integrated neighborhood.
Everything changed on July 21, 1853. New York took control of the land to create what would become the first major landscaped park in the US -- they called it “The Central Park.”
In the Vox series Missing Chapter, Vox Senior Producer Ranjani Chakraborty revisits underreported and often overlooked moments from the past to give context to the present. Join her as she covers the histories that are often left out of our textbooks. Our first season tackles stories of racial injustice, political conflicts, even the hidden history of US medical experimentation.”
❝Who Is Booker T. Washington?❞
“In the years following the Civil War, Booker T. Washington devoted his life to helping blacks transition out of slavery and into freedom. While his ideas were never fully embraced in his time, today, more than a century later, they remain strikingly relevant. Derryck Green from Project 21 explains.”
Trouble Won’t Be “Transitory”
“Mounting problems with inflation, the supply chain, and energy shortages are not likely to resolve themselves quickly.”The new public health despotism
“Draconian rules are suppressing our humanity”In Major Shift, NIH Admits Funding Risky Virus Research in Wuhan
“A spokesman for Dr. Fauci says he has been “entirely truthful,” but a new letter belatedly acknowledging the National Institutes of Health’s support for virus-enhancing research adds more heat to the ongoing debate over whether a lab leak could have sparked the pandemic.”Sinema Bent on Destroying Biden Presidency to Keep Taxes on the Wealthy Low
“If this report is true, it would likely be a death blow to Biden’s social agenda. Senate rules require that creating or expanding any social program — health care, child care, education, or anything else — can only be made permanent if it has some funding source. If Sinema refuses to support any tax increases on the wealthy, there’s no financing available to come anywhere close.”Dems weigh ditching Medicare expansion and paid leave in eleventh hour of social spending talks
“Axing either of the two provisions would infuriate progressives and alienate valuable voting blocs. Yet the party might just have to.”In praise of William Shatner
“His space trip has exposed the cynicism and miserabilism of the smart set.”Attorney General Merrick Garland’s Message To Concerned Parents Is Clear: Shut Up Or Else
“The collusion between Biden’s White House, woke school boards, and the DOJ serves one purpose: to intimidate parents into silence.”
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