The use of atomic bombs was rationalized after-the-fact using myths that transformed the burning of children into a positive good. President Truman and government propagandists justified the attacks claiming they “ended the war” and “saved lives” ⸺ stories still believed today ⸺ but, as historian Gar Alperovitz has demonstrated in The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, and the Architecture of an American Myth the pretext of “saving lives” was fabricated.
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The Campaign enlisted support from influential entrepreneur champions to rally business owners in key battleground states
In a new complaint to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the advocates accuse the city of a longstanding pattern of discriminatory zoning that disparately affects communities of color and contributes to the “resegregation” of Miami.
The US has a long, chequered relationship with assassination. On one hand, the myths of 1776 recount of a nation born through resistance to the tyranny that it holds at the core of its identity. Values legitimizing tyrannicide can be imputed from the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.
Playing this game can expose people to different opportunities in education, coaching and other ventures for the future. Despite the racial disparity in the game, ice hockey gives Blacks chances to interact with other cultures on and off the ice socially.
In a recent study, Melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep wake cycles, could potentially reduce risk of self-harm behaviors in adolescents.
Despite years of payments, Black student loan balances go up – not down
Police, having seen the fight online, couldn’t determine which boys were part of these mundane events but arrested 11 other kids – all were Black and all of them in elementary school – who purportedly were there and watched the fight unfold.
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson issued the following statement in response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti: “I was very disheartened to learn that Haiti has once again been stricken by a devastating force of nature. Today’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake has killed dozens of people and injured scores of others. This could not have happened at a worse time as the nation was already reeling from economic and political crises, widespread corruption, and last month’s assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.