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Op-ed: FDR’s Fireside Chat is a model for calm amid coronavirus pandemic
The author thinks Trump's address to the nation about COVID-19 flopped.
By Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Latest "Great Depression" stories
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MLB bans players from Venezuelan Winter League
It's one of the first public repercussions of new U.S. economic sanctions against the regime in Caracas.
Op-Ed: the Merchant Marine, America’s fourth arm of defense
Throughout our nation’s history, the Navy and merchant marine served as complementary forces.
By Salvatore R. Mercogliano
Born a slave, this Navy petty officer founded a community of ‘race pioneers’ to stand against bigotry
Meet the remarkable Allen Allensworth, the slave who became a sailor, then a soldier and then an inspiration to a country divided by racial injustice.
By B. Gordon Wheeler, Wild West