The US had no need to invade Afghanistan. The country was never a “terrorist state” like Libya or Iran. It was not at war with the US; indeed the US had aided its rise to power against the Russians in 1996, writes Simon Jenkins. The Taliban had hosted Osama bin Laden in his mountain lair…

For years, the tribe has watched as tour operators have built a $4 million riverboat business through its ancestral lands, according to the Idaho Statesman. But Stacia Morfin is forcing the tourism industry to take the Nez Perce into account — and is rewriting her own story, too. This 36-year-old entrepreneur, who once spent three…

How ‘race-norming’ was built into CHANDLER, Ariz. — At first glance, Rick Cunningham looksalmost as formidable at 54 as he did during his playing days, according to the Washington Post. As the 6-foot-7, 270-pound former offensive tackle led a visitor into his home recently, the only visible sign that eight seasons in the National Football…

The statue, installed in 1919, shows 19th century explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with Sacajawea, who is kneeling beside the two white men. Historians say Sacajawea is depicted tracking, but critics of the statue have said she appears to be cowering and crouching timidly, the Idaho State Journal Reports. Abrahamson has called the depiction…

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Kahlil Greene was elected as Yale’s first Black student body president in 2019, when he was a sophomore majoring in history, writes Adenike Olanrewaju. Off-campus, he is known to his more than 447,000 TikTok followers as a self-described “Gen-Z historian” who expounds on lesser-known aspects of American history like the Tuskegee medical experiment, as well…

Each year, ADL releases a report on the state of online hate and harassment in America, according to Buzzfeed. We pulled some highlights from the report that show how big of a problem this is in our country. You can read the full report here. LGBTQ+ respondents reported higher rates of overall harassment than all other…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was set to urge social media companies to take action to stamp out racial abuse on their platforms on Tuesday, after the profiles of Black England soccer players were bombarded with racist comments, according to Time. Johnson was set to reiterate “the urgent need for action” by social media companies…

More than a year after the pivotal moment where millions of Americans witnessed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of those charged with the responsibility to serve and protect — and about two weeks after the salutary news that his killer would pay with a 22.5 year prison sentence — it seems like…

Battles over diversity and equity initiatives in public schools have resulted in administrators and teachers being fired or resigning over discussions about race, according to NBC. Rydell Harrison is one of a small but growing number of educators who have left their jobs after school districts became inundated in recent months by furious parents who’ve accused…