• This Independence Day, Remember Fighting Back is America’s Great Tradition

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    I told my son recently that we’re descendants of the youngest combatant in the battle of Lexington and Concord. Our ancestor’s teenage ears were among the first to hear “the shot heard ‘round the world.” 
    Then I reminded him of something he already knew. That on the other side of his family tree are men and women who were enslaved. Who risked everything to get free and to free others. Who fought for their own rights and those
  • Miami Officials Canceled An Election — What This Could Mean for Democracy

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    Miami officials are facing a lawsuit after they voted to cancel the city’s upcoming November election, pushing it to next year.
    On Monday (June 30), Miami mayoral candidate Emilio González filed a lawsuit, arguing that the move to postpone the city’s election to November 2026 gives incumbent Mayor Francis Suarez and city commissioners an additional year of power without the consent of voters, per the Miami Herald.
    “The commissioners unco

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