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"Be water, my friends."

a stasi operative photographs a CIA operative who is photographing him back (1960s)

Easter Sunday, South Side Chicago 1941:

I am a black woman tall as a cypress strong beyond all definition still defying place and time and circumstance assailed impervious indestructible Look on me and be renewed - Mari Evans, I Am A Black Woman, 1970

#OnThisDay in 1960 Nelson Mandela publicly burnt his pass book, which black South Africans were forced to carry during apartheid to control their movements. From that day on he never carried one again.

There is American music before Aretha Franklin and after. Born #OnThisDay in 1942, she didn’t just sing — she redefined what a voice could do.

How do the Artemis II astronauts dress for space? The Moonbound crew will wear the Orion Crew Survival System spacesuit during the dynamic parts of their mission and during demonstrations.

‘Unprecedented in the past 3.6 million years’: How human-made climate change is making days longer bit.ly/4utPBz1

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller, the FBI director and special counsel who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies at 81.

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Martin Luther King and Coretta lead voting rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, starting March 21, 1965:

Tonight 2003--President George W. Bush speaks from Oval Office: "American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, free its people, and defend the world."

60 years ago today Texas Western won the national title in a groundbreaking game. Don Haskins’ Miners were the first team to start five African American players, busting the color barrier among southern schools.

Good news: The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award going to the people of the Twin Cities is a recognition of how our state persevered and led the way in defending freedom and democracy.

There are over 100 HBCUs. Nearly 80 schools are home to a D-I wrestling program. Only one school can claim to be both: Morgan State. Two of its wrestlers will compete in this week's NCAA Championships. On a program many see as a "lighthouse" for HBCUs: thebanner.com/sports/college…

Iran’s strike last night wiped out 17% of Qatar’s natural gas export capacity, repairs are expected to take three to five years -Reuters (Based prewar market estimates, Iran managed to destroy ~3.5% of global LNG capacity in a single strike.)

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress

@brian4dotcom 😩

Before moving to Arizona, wasn't familiar with Cesar Chavez or his work. This info is serious: organizations he confounded are staying away from him. Arizona won’t recognize Cesar Chavez Day amid sex assault allegations, governor says azfamily.com/2026/03/18/ari…

America’s top counterterrorism official - and strong, pro-MAGA supporter - quits, blasts Trump for allowing America to get sucked into another Mideast war