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Celebrate Black History Month by Remembering Past Heroes Jan. 19, 2025
By Victor Block In 1693 the king of Spain issued a decree stating that anyone who moved from a Prote... Read More
Harriet Tubman Here to Stay at the CIA Sep. 14, 2022
A woman's bronze statue was just unveiled at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Virgini... Read More
In a Welcome Symbol of Diversity, Harriet Tubman Will Adorn the $20 Bill After All Feb. 04, 2021
Symbols matter. In his thrashing, malicious way, former President Donald Trump understood that ̵... Read More
Conservative Distress Goes Way Beyond the Face on the $20 Bill Feb. 02, 2021
RANSON, West Virginia — Drive along U.S. 11 in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and here in West Virgin... Read More
Trump Uses Independence Day to Promote His Campaign to Divide America Jul. 08, 2020
It's hard to decide what was most appalling about President Donald Trump's two speeches over the Ind... Read More
Black History Is American History Mar. 05, 2020
I ended my Black History Month celebration in February by taking a trip to visit Cincinnati's Nation... Read More
'Harriet': An Account of a Life Exemplified by Faith, Hope and Love Nov. 07, 2019
Go down, Moses Way down in Egypt land Tell old Pharaoh to Let my people go! This was one of the firs... Read More
It Takes Only One To Save the Nation Nov. 06, 2019
WASHINGTON — When the country is divided and in crisis, as we are now, it's remarkable how one... Read More
Trump's Shelving of Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Sends a Message Voters Should Heed. Jun. 06, 2019
The Trump administration couldn't have sent a clearer message about its disregard for the race and g... Read More
Our Time Is Here Jan. 30, 2019
Have you ever had a moment when you didn't know whom you needed to hear until someone in front of yo... Read More
Andrew Jackson Gets a Second Look After a $20 Misunderstanding Apr. 29, 2016
The inquiring mind of a young friend of mine, a junior at a Washington high school, wants to know: "... Read More
We Are Waiting No More, Ladies: From Abigail to Hillary Apr. 29, 2016
We are ladies in waiting no more, gentlemen. Tired of traveling third class to the revolution. Hero... Read More
Hello to New Face, Goodbye to a Friend Apr. 27, 2016
A Money Changer When Harriet Tubman replaces Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, some critics will call ... Read More
The Way of the World, Hamilton, Jackson and Tubman Apr. 27, 2016
Susan Estrich is off this week. The following column is by Jamie Stiehm. One treasury secretary has... Read More
Trump, Cruz and the Demeaning Feud Over Political Correctness Apr. 26, 2016
Last week, the Republican presidential campaign devolved into arguments over trivial issues wrapped ... Read More
Prince, Curt Schilling and the Acceleration of History Apr. 24, 2016
History is a slow and usually undetectable process, with change happening in microscopic increments.... Read More
The Way of the World, Hamilton, Jackson and Tubman Apr. 22, 2016
One treasury secretary has saved another. Isn't that the way of the world? History has its eyes on y... Read More
Dishonoring General Jackson Apr. 22, 2016
In Samuel Eliot Morison's "The Oxford History of the American People," there is a single sentence ab... Read More
