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Fourth of July 2024: How did the national holiday originate and why do Americans celebrate it?

This year marks the 248th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

The Independent UK

Dan Rodricks: Another tragic distinction for Baltimore, another day in the life of our violent country

BALTIMORE — Because of its scope — 30 shot, two dead — Sunday’s horror in the Brooklyn neighborhood puts Baltimore squarely in the second category of gun violence in America: not the day-to-day carnage we’ve seen for years, but the mass casualties that have caused sudden death and searing pain…

Tribune News Service

11 best American restaurants in London for the 4th of July

Ben McCormack rates the States — or its outposts in London, at least

Evening Standard

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The American flag wasn't always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought

The American flag will be flown throughout the country on July 4, but it wasn't always a revered and debated symbol

The Independent UK

Jim Souhan: Downtown Minneapolis is drawing crowds; will Twins as well?

MINNEAPOLIS — There are statistics. There are the difficult realities that every major city in America faces.

Tribune News Service

Fourth of July 2023: How did the national holiday originate and why do Americans celebrate it?

This year marks the 247th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

The Independent UK

No consensus on cash boost for Japan's military

Following Japan's defeat in World War II, the United States took pains to ensure that Japanese militarism could never again pose a threat to the Asia-Pacific or the world. As in Germany, these efforts were profoundly successful. For almost eight decades, Japan has eschewed foreign adventures and violent conflict. Pacifism…

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Why 'wokeness' has become the latest battlefront for white conservatives in America

The day he launched his bid for the Republican nomination for the 2024 US presidential election, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis warned Fox News viewers “the woke mind virus is basically a form of cultural Marxism.”

The Conversation

George Skelton: Sorry, founders, we've never been created equal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Fourth of July should never be celebrated without revisiting the hallowed words that crown the Declaration of Independence and symbolize the American Dream.

Los Angeles Times

'We are killing Sony': A 272-page PDF of classified Sega of America docs from the mid-90s is now something you can just download

A massive PDF arrived on the Sega Retro wiki earlier today.

PC Gamer

Michael Hiltzik: RFK Jr.'s town hall showed the folly of trying to fact-check quackery in real time

America's cable news networks seem determined to prove that old adage defining insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

Los Angeles Times

Federal Safety Regulators Say 43 Percent of Tested Fireworks Are Illegal. God Bless America.

Fireworks consumption is at record levels even as fireworks injuries fall.

Reason

Newsom hits the road to campaign for Biden in Idaho, building his own base in red states

At a private fundraiser in the middle of Donald Trump's America, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was on a mission to help President Joe Biden.

Los Angeles Times

Two-thirds of the U.S. is at risk of power outages this summer–but it’s not stopping Americans from electrifying everything in their homes

Americans’ concerns over the power grid’s reliability and a growing electrification movement are fueling solar installs.

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Worker hit with HR complaint for decorating desk with British flag on July 4

A man has taken to Reddit to share how he was called into HR after decorating his work station with 'anti-American' décor when trying to get into the July 4th spirit

The Conversation

How new state laws and book ban movements have made the teaching of US history contentious – 5 essential reads

Of all the subjects taught in America’s public schools, few have become as contentious as U.S. history. At least 37 states have adopted new measures that limit how America’s undeniable history of racism – from chattel slavery to Jim Crow – can be discussed in public school classrooms.

WEKU

VP Kamala Harris says the Supreme Court took rights from the people of America

Vice President Harris tells voters at Essence Fest to elect people to Congress who can address policy that cannot be done through executive action.

The Guardian - UK

‘We exist upon the fringe of the world’: the queer American poets who battled madness and obscurity

Jack Spicer and John Wieners both wrote about their homosexuality – and in 50s America, that made them a threat. Forgotten for decades, finally their strange, anguished work has been unearthed

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Bebe Rexha goes to drastic measures to protect eyes at gig after on-stage attack

American singer Bebe Rexha has been forced to take drastic action to keep herself safe, with the starlet donning protective glasses on-stage after being hit with a phone

Salon

Civilizations collapse: Are we next?

Peter Turchin's theory of history helps explain that we're in big trouble — but it's not too late to change course

Salon

Ryan Coogler: "What is American music?"

The "Black Panther" director and composer Kris Bowers ponder what a national anthem written today would sound like

Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby: Man hangs up ‘Green Book’ as home decor, offending his wife

As part of the couple’s collection of antiques, the man (who is white) puts out a symbol of America’s shameful segregated past.

The Guardian - US

Unafraid review: Kari Lake as election denier, birther … and Trump VP?

The former TV host refuses to accept Arizona defeat, spews hate against LGBTQ+ Americans and idolizes the ex-president

The Independent UK

What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks

Chicago Sun-Times

Dick Biondi, Chicago’s definitive voice of Top 40 radio, dies at 90

Influential in advancing the careers of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis, among many others, Biondi was the first disc jockey to play the Beatles on American radio

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