America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ helped fuel the Revolution
By David W. Stowe, Michigan State University 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…
The Trump administration is scrapping the $368 million network of scientific eyes and ears at the bottom of the ocean with the kind of deliberate ignorance that would make a mule look like a philosopher. The National Science Foundation says it will send ships in June to begin hauling up more than 900 deep‑sea instruments…
Progressives score few wins primary elections across New Jersey
Dr. Adam Hamawy secured a Democratic congressional nomination and will join Rep. Analilia Mejia in Washington in January. Party leaders described the two wins as among the few bright spots for progressive Democrats in a primary season otherwise marked by victories for more established machine candidates. Progressive Democrats won three of four Piscataway Township council…
Newark Mayor & Attorney General file separate lawsuits to close ICE concentration camp
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka on Tuesday demanded the immediate shutdown of Delaney Hall, a privately run concentration camp for victims of the Trump administration’s brutal immigration crackdown, as the city filed a lawsuit seeking to close the facility over what he called systemic health and safety failures. At the same hour, New Jersey Attorney General…
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