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America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ by a self-taught singer and tanner helped fuel the Revolution

As July 4, 2026, approaches, Americans will be paying more attention than usual to events of 1776: the year the American Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. Public historians, including filmmaker Ken Burns, have tried to offer a more inclusive view of the American Revolution, highlighting lesser-known patriots. But…

The Conversation

The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution

The U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection contains 100 sculptures: two luminaries from each state. They include many familiar figures, such as Helen Keller, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan and Amelia Earhart. There are a few from the Colonial era, including founders such as Samuel Adams and George Washington.

The Conversation

A year before declaring independence, colonists offered 'Olive Branch' petition to King George III

Millions of protesters have denounced President Donald Trump as a would-be autocrat and marched under the banner “No Kings.”

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Parades Are Great, but We Shouldn't Venerate the Military

America’s founders were deeply suspicious of a standing army.

Reason

250 years after America went to war for independence, a divided nation battles over its legacy

Let the arguments begin

The Independent UK

Where are the world’s millionaires and how is wealth divided globally?

Almost half of the world’s wealth, or $213 trillion, is held by just 1.5 percent of the global adult population.

Al Jazeera

What is the Boston Tea Party and what did it do?

The 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party is marked this year

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Let Massholes Be Massholes, Says Bay State's High Court

Criticism of public officials doesn't have to be polite, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court confirmed.

Reason

Town Public Comment Policy Requiring Remarks to Be "Respectful and Courteous" Violates Massachusetts Constitution

From today's Massachusetts high court opinion in Barron v. Kolenda, written by Justice Scott Kafker (and dealing with a claim brought under the state constitution's free expression provisions, rather than under the First Amendment): [W]e conclude that the public comment policy of the town of Southborough (town) violates rights protected…

Reason

Super Bowl 2023 best adverts, from Sir Elton John to Alicia Silverstone

The 2023 commercials might be the best group yet.

Evening Standard

Author reminds Americans that Samuel Adams was a revolutionary before he was a beer

Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.

WEKU

Review: 'The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,' by Stacy Schiff

NONFICTION: A superb portrait of the businessman-turned-activist, who shrouded his actions in secrecy.

Tribune News Service

Pa. Republicans are gaining on Democrats in registered voters. What that really means

PHILADELPHIA — A local Republican Party in Southwestern Pennsylvania has a quote attributed to Samuel Adams on its website: “It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”

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