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Historians and scholars continue to debate Thomas Jefferson's original intent behind the phrase "all men are created equal." Some scholars argue Jefferson's words were meant to include Black people, ...

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Kyoto was never the city you visited for what was new. That was always Tokyo's job, and Tokyo was happy to have it. But something has shifted. A record 10.9 million foreign visitors arrived in 2024, ...

The industrial revolution that took place in the 1800s was a massive mistake — at least as far as the environment and our planet is concerned. There’s no denying that we as a species have irreversibly ...

Equal Pay Day has come around again. The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later than it ...

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ESCALANTE, Utah — Between the towns of Escalante and Boulder, Utah, Highway 12 does something unusual for a state highway: it climbs to the top of a sandstone ridge so narrow that the road is ...