The gap between America and Britain has grown economically as Trump asserts ‘the UK is dying’. Culturally, however, it’s a different story
On 1 June 1785 John Adams travelled to London to become the f…
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The US turns 250 and Taylor Swift gets married. I think we all know which is a bigger deal | Marina Hyde ⊖
The cultural phenomenon is beginning her latest era in a castle built inside Madison Square Garden. It’s the perfect celebration for our post-privacy age
It is a cast-iron rule of the comments-section…
26 days ago
‘I wish he had done more to free enslaved people’: Thomas Jefferson’s descendant on his family’s complex legacy ⊕
Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding
When the US turns 250 years old on Saturday, Shannon LaNier will be…
28 days ago
Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’ ⊖
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion
Americans: how do you feel about the country’s future after 250 years of independence…
3 months ago
‘Slavery bounded his life’: Thomas Jefferson’s views on race – in his own words ⊖
A new book by historian Annette Gordon-Reed explores the former US president’s writings on race throughout his life
Thomas Jefferson’s interactions with enslaved people bookend his life. The third US …
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Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life ⊖
The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination
They call this land the Laue. In the late 1800s, part of the…
12 months ago
Why Thomas Jefferson is rolling in his grave ○
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a story from The Economist ✅ › United States
The Trump administration has taken aim at the University of Virginia
Mount Rushmore experts reveal if Trump can be added to the iconic monument - as sculptor's granddaughter gives blunt response ○
The faces carved into the mountain - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln - are among the most popular American leaders to this day.
13 months ago
Is it true that … cold water plunges boost immunity? ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Feeling energised after a cold dip may just be your body’s shock response –and increased immune cell activity doesn’t always mean fewer infections
‘It’s a long-held belief that taking to the waters is…
‘Hard for me to understand’: grappling with the Charlottesville tragedy eight years on ○
Author and Charlottesville native Deborah Baker revisits the devastating events of 2017 and examines how they speak to a difficult past
Deborah Baker’s new book, Charlottesville, is about her home tow…