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1 week ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant of the United States Army at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Lee’s surrender did not end the war, there were still two major armies in the field, but everyone knew the surrender signaled that the American Civil War was coming to a close.

3 weeks ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Reggie Jackson

“It sounds strange, doesn’t it? Department of Education. We’re going to eliminate it … Should I do this?” – President Trump, after signing an Executive Order to eliminate the Department of Education on March 20, 2025 There has been a lot written and said recently about the attempt to shut down the Department of Education (DOE). I will not even go into the fact that only Congress has the power to shut down agencies of the federal government.

4 weeks ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Heather Richardson

In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech. Formally titled “Sinews of Peace,” the talk called for the United States and Britain to stand together against the growing menace of Soviet communism.

1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Thom Hartmann

Restoring power to the richest, Whitest men in the room. How long can democracy survive under Trump’s iron grip? Welcome to the new Confederate States of America.

1 month ago | milwaukeeindependent.com | Reggie Jackson

“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time. Everyone in this room is in one way or another aware of that. We are in a revolutionary situation, no matter how unpopular that word has become in this country. The society in which we live is desperately menaced, not by Khrushchev but from within.