Charles Mann

Oct 27, 2024 | townandcountrytoday.com | Charles Mann

To the editor, The occasion was my son’s 13th birthday It is at the end of November, so I arranged for a limo tour of Vancouver of the Christmas lights and decorations for him and 10 of his friends. The kids were white, black, brown, yellow and everything in between – a mini–United Nations. Now, in his 40’s, he lives in Ottawa (as do I now) and works near Parliament Hill.

Jun 6, 2024 | postandcourier.com | Charles Mann

Black voters and our democracy lost two weeks ago, after the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door even wider for politicians to use unfair voting maps to stifle the ability of people to seek change. The ruling in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP trampled on what we thought was settled law — constitutional guarantees to have our votes counted equally.

Jul 3, 2023 | barnesandnoble.com | Sallye Leventhal |David McCullough |Charles Mann |Candice Millard

By Sallye Leventhal / July 1, 2023 at 1:19 am Share Share this page on Facebook Share this page on Twitter July launches with a celebratory bang! Parades, concerts, barbecues, family gatherings, and of course fireworks, commemorating July 4, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the “unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” In a nod to that long ago pivotal vote, we’ve chosen a few much-loved American history titles — some classic, some new — that explore...