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Add rent to the rising costs bedeviling small businesses

The rent has come due for America’s small businesses and at a very inopportune time

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

Thoughts on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

A compendium of some of my previous writings on these topics, which I hope remain relevant today.

Reason · Jul 4, 2022

Are there any cults in Scotland? Three disturbing cults to have operated on Scottish soil

Although religion-centred cults are most usually associated with 1980’s America, Scotland has its own disturbing history of cults. Here are three cults to have operated on Scottish soil.

Daily Record · Jul 4, 2022

Benjamin Hochman: Cardinals legends Gibson, White and Flood profiled in powerful documentary 'After Jackie'

During a poignant moment in the documentary “After Jackie,” the words of Jackie Robinson catch your attention and your breath: “I think that one day, white Americans are going to take a real good look at themselves and recognize the harm that they're doing to America — not to Black…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 4, 2022

Solar storm snowploughs near Earth and could cause power outages

The solar eruption snowploughed dense layers of plasma towards Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms in two states in America, according to weather data

Irish Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

What is Independence Day? What happened on 4th of July and which countries celebrate?

July 4 marks Independence Day in the USA, a historic holiday that dates back to the very origins of the nation. Today Americans are coming together in celebration and unity

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

This July 4, Americans must commit to fight back against assaults on our democracy

Voting, supporting election workers and fighting back against the Big Lie are part of saving our “grand experiment.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 4, 2022

From Simone Biles to Steve Jobs, meet all the Americans being awarded a Presidential Medal Of Freedom this week

Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

This Fourth of July, it’s worth pondering the true meaning of patriotism

True patriots don’t fuel racist, religious or ethnic divisions. Patriots seek to confirm and strengthen and celebrate the ‘we’ in ‘we the people of the United States’

The Guardian - US · Jul 4, 2022

Barstool Chief explains love of Nottingham Forest after ignoring Premier League giants

The American podcaster was the guest on this week's Garibaldi Red as he explained how he came to fall in love with Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Post · Jul 4, 2022