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The redemptive power of common purpose
This Veterans Day, we can commit to serving one another in order to bring our country back from the brink of division, says the author of this commentary.
By Ryan Manion
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In these divisive times, this story of American Thanksgiving bears lessons worth heeding
When President George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving Proclamation under the U.S. Constitution on October 3, 1789, he was continuing an age-old tradition but adding a uniquely nationalistic slant.
By Ron Soodalter
Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
By Rick Beard