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ourcommunitynow.com | Devon Haynie
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Why We Wrote This Last year, the U.S. government apologized for trying to erase Native American culture in its policies toward Indian boarding schools. Indigenous tribes like the Shawnee want to tell the story from their perspective. Today the site is owned by the Kansas Historical Society, a state agency. Now called the Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site, it is run by officials in the city of Fairway.
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1 month ago | 
csmonitor.com | Devon Haynie |Alfredo Sosa
Chief Ben Barnes of the Shawnee Tribe based in Miami, Oklahoma, spends a lot of time thinking about Kansas. There, in a small town called Fairway, three red-brick buildings sit aging on land once allotted to his tribe. These Federal-style structures are what remain of what was once called the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor Boarding School.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Devon Haynie
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Devon Haynie
Trump has a habit of spewing hateful comments about immigrants. So why are some Latinos planning to vote for him? Trump, Harris and the Key Latino VoteJoe Raedle|Getty ImagesAudience members attend a Univision Noticias town hall event about the 2024 eleciton on Oct. 16, in Doral, Fla.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Devon Haynie
Florida’s DNC delegates get a rude awakening. A GOP mayor crosses the (party) line. Despondency in Dearborn, Michigan. As noted in this space before, while Decision Points focuses on national and international news, we also aim to deliver a weekly roundup of local or regional news with a political dimension – something unusual or interesting, or that may illustrate a broader national trend.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Linda Robinson |Devon Haynie
Vice President Kamala Harris takes a giant leap for American womankind tonight as she accepts the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Chicago, becoming only the second woman ever to top the ticket for a major party. According to the latest polls, she is narrowly favored to become the first woman president of the United States. Strikingly, the U.S. has trailed much of the world in equal representation in the halls of power.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Devon Haynie
Tonight, when Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage and accepts the Democratic nomination for president, we can expect a sea of grins, cheers and tears to erupt in Chicago’s United Center as the KHive imagines their presidential hopeful shattering multiple glass ceilings. Harris would be the first woman president, the first Black woman president and the first Asian-American commander in chief in U.S. history. Her supporters are ready for her to break boundaries.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
usnews.com | Devon Haynie
By the time Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage in Chicago on Thursday night, she’ll have been preceded by a parade of Democratic cheerleaders and party standard-bearers. The first night of the Democratic National Convention featured former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the current president himself, among others. Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, roused crowds on Tuesday. And tonight, when Minnesota Gov.
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Oct 14, 2023 | 
usnews.com | Christopher Wolf |Devon Haynie
An aerial view of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2023.(Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)The recent attacks on Israel by Hamas have reignited one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East. The surprise assault by the group's militant wing on Oct. 7 left nearly 1,300 dead, mostly Israeli civilians.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
usnews.com | Christopher Wolf |Devon Haynie
An aerial view of destroyed buildings following Israeli airstrikes in the Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on Oct. 12, 2023.(Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)The recent attacks on Israel by Hamas have reignited one of the most intractable conflicts in the Middle East. The surprise assault by the militant group on Oct. 7 left nearly 1,300 dead, including Israeli soldiers and civilians.
