Poor People's March
Poor People's MarchRichard Aberdeen / www.FreedomTracks.com. The Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a deliberate effort to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The sit-in campaign, coordinated by the Nashville Student Movement and the Nashville Christian Leadership Council, was notable for its early success and its emphasis on disciplined nonviolence. It was part of a broader sit-in movement that spread across the southern United States in the wake of the Greensboro sit-ins in North Carolina.
Read full storyOpinion - Deregulation Hypocrites
Buried in the last pre-Biden Republican relief package (such as it was), were new regulations preventing workers from suing their employers until at least 2024, while on the other hand, business owners will be allowed to sue their workers for even daring to attempt to bring suit against them. This would not only be extremely unsafe for workers, it would also endanger every consumer. One of the main things that holds greedy callous corporate America in check today, is the ability of workers and consumers to sue and, the ability of whistle-blower workers to warn consumers of unsafe products and services.
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International Murder Rates Per 100,000 CapitaRichard Aberdeen / www.FreedomTracks.com. According to the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution, ". . .the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed". The word "Arms" is deliberately capitalized, a common practice at the time used for emphasis. Since Thomas Jefferson and many others owned private cannons, the largest weapon available to them, "Arms" to the framers clearly meant more than just small arms one can easily "bear", thus the right to “keep” and bear arms.
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