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Women’s History Month: Carol Moseley Braun

March 30, 2023 btwadmin 0

Have you ever heard of Carol Moseley Braun? She served as a U.S. senator from 1993 to 1999. Braun was the first female African American […]

The National Lynching Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama

Black History Month: Harry T. Moore

February 9, 2022 btwuser 0

When you think about leaders of the civil rights movement, the first names that come to mind may be Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm […]

Man in a business suit holding a small American flag against his chest

We the People

July 4, 2017 btwuser 0

We live in a country where it is easy to take our freedom for granted. But the concept that the government must answer to its […]

UNITED STATES - JUNE 15: Protesters supporting Sen. Chris Murphy's filibuster on gun laws march onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night, June 15, 2016. Bill Clark/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/CQPHO-AP-A-POL-DC-United-States-Sen-Chris-Murp-/1f5ee10257bf4a388335434366e1a33e/1/0.

A Look at the Filibuster

June 23, 2016 btwuser 0

While gun control has always been a hot topic, the debate is now reaching a new boiling point. Three days after the mass killings in Orlando on […]

Three members of a racially mixed group of college student "freedom riders" catch a nap on May 20, 1961 in the Birmingham bus station after they were thwarted several times in attempts to board busses to Montgomery. Left to right are Susan Hermann, Etta Simpson and Frederick Leonard. All attend college in Nashville, Tenn. © Horace Cort/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=6105200114&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Oldest

Black History is American History

February 11, 2016 btwuser 0

For the first time in history, more than half of children born in America (according to the 2012 US Census Bureau) are minorities. As the […]

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee appears on a series of television monitors in the media center before the start of the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill).Mark J. Terrill/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/GOP-2016-Debate/371aa866464a491288dbd0e7228e78af/1/0

Republican Debates: 3 Down…

November 8, 2015 btwuser 0

The Republican National Committee kicked off its season of debates in late summer. On August 3, there was a “forum” in New Hampshire, where eleven […]

Stacked up boats at bridge following Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina Photo Essay

September 4, 2015 btwuser 0

Hurricane Katrina made a huge impact on the people of the Gulf Coast south. But its effects on the city of New Orleans has stayed […]

Remembering a Nation’s Mourning

May 3, 2015 btwuser 0

The Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the Civil War has reached its final year. Commemorative events have been taking place across the country since 2011. These […]

Doctor Giving Injection to Girl Sitting on Mother's Lap

The Great Vaccination Debate

February 5, 2015 btwuser 0

Last month, we brought you news of the recent resurgence of measles after more than a decade of being considered “eliminated” in 2000. This week, we […]

John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, del et sculp. Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division [LC-DIG-ppmsca-10753]

Satire and Political Cartoons: A Historical Slideshow

January 15, 2015 btwuser 0

The militant Islamic attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris have raised questions around the world. Such as, how does the right to free […]