Social Movements, Rights & Identity

1+ hour, 18+ min ago   (884+ words) Activist Octavius V. Catto, who lived from 1839 to 1871, pushed the fold for Black Americans. Catto advocated Black Americans’ right to vote, to eliminate segregation of the city’s schools, and Philadelphia’s racist trolley car system.— LIBRARY OF CONGRESS The Octavius V. Catto…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (366+ words) For centuries, Armenians have faced numerous hardships and challenges that have affected their culture, country and way of life. One of the most devastating occurred in 1915, when roughly 1.5 million Armenians were massacred in the Ottoman Empire, including in Anatolia, part…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (714+ words) January 10 should be a special date in American history. On January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense rolled off the press in Philadelphia and ignited a drive for independence. As Murray Rothbard wrote,“Tom Paine had, at a single blow, become the…...

10+ hour, 38+ min ago   (297+ words) The claims put forward by the Armenian side regarding the ethnic origin of ancient Albanians are not based on historical facts. Modern.az reports that this was stated by Doctor of Historical Sciences Hasan Hasanov at a seminar on “Historical…...

16+ hour, 18+ min ago   (764+ words) Noel Doran has been a journalist for over 40 years and was editor of The Irish News from 1999 to 2024. IT is more than a little disconcerting to look at familiar workplaces which were once occupied by vibrant institutions, packed with people,…...

14+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1278+ words) The coincidence of dates allows us to look at two completely different moments in the island's history. In 1571, Lanzarote was a vulnerable island to corsair raids. In 2026, the same island becomes a research territory to reconstruct, through archaeology, how a…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1404+ words) A large portion of migration in Europe takes place within Europe. In Europe, migration is often associated with flight and asylum. However, a new, unusually detailed analysis of global migration patterns shows that the global picture is different in key…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1620+ words) "Ceuta and Melilla aren't just Spanish; they're super-Spanish and cannot be touched," said Defense Minister Margarita Robles when asked to comment on Ouahbi's remarks. In Morocco, where the words of officials spoken in the king's presence are carefully weighed and…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (432+ words) Steinbach 9° C, Cloudy © 2026 The Carillon Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mennonite communities faced repeated outbreaks of infectious disease. In both Imperial Russia and later Manitoba, epidemics brought grief, uncertainty, and high mortality. Yet the Mennonites responded in ways that reflected…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (175+ words) McNear: Danish immigrant finds ‘the promise land’ in 1836 Local News Matters Born in Denmark on February 3, 1836, Thomas H. Petersen arrived in San Francisco when he was 21. He came penniless to what he called the “promise land,” but excited for the…...