Gabrielle RussonApril 21, 2023
7min0
'If you want to take the temperature of the country ... you have to look at the Disney parks.'
Tag: American history
Gabrielle RussonApril 21, 2023
Anne GeggisJanuary 18, 2022
6min0
Democrats warn the legislation opens up businesses to a new kind of lawsuit.
Associated PressJune 4, 2020
11min228
Differing views on what America has been and what it could be.
Scott PowersDecember 1, 2017
4min356
Travel writer, speaker, history enthusiast, and motorcyclist Gary McKechnie has filed as a Democratic candidate to run for the Florida Senate against Republican state Sen. Dennis Baxley in Senate District 12. McKechnie, 55, of Mount Dora, is promising a platform that will be heavy on Florida-centric advocacy and perhaps lighter on Democratic ideology, in a […]
Guest AuthorApril 29, 2015
6min204
I grew up in a segregated community in Florida and attended supposedly “separate but equal” schools in a small town that had separate water fountains, bathrooms and even beaches, among other restrictions. We were expected to cross the street when a white woman was approaching and never look a white man in the eyes – […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 17, 20157min187
As taught in mainstream culture, American history propagates this nation as the womb of freedom, justice and liberty. There are American creation myths as exemplified by the “Founding Fathers.” There are founding documents as revered as biblical texts for their promise of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” That is why the argument that […]