It was 400 years ago, “about the latter end of August,” that an English privateer ship reached Point Comfort on the Virginia peninsula. There, Governor George Yeardley and his head of trade, Cape Merchant Abraham Piersey, bought the “20. and odd Negroes” aboard in exchange for “victuals” — meaning, they traded food for slaves. Such […]
Is The United States A Corporation? (Explained)
Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with those institutions. –Theodore Roosevelt, First Annual Message to Congress, 1901 Questions about the actions and purposes of American corporations have been with us as long […]
The Shirt Company of America | Better Business Bureau® Profile
Frequently Asked Questions about The Shirt Company of America What forms of payment are accepted? The Shirt Company of America accepts credit cards. How is The Shirt Company of America rated? The Shirt Company of America has 3 stars. What days are The Shirt Company of America open? The Shirt Company of America is open […]
Demise of America 16 x 24
These transcripts documented thousands of present-day examples of how the VRA — especially crucial “pre-clearance” provisions, which prevented localities with a history of racial prejudice in voting laws from changing those rules without approval — protected voters against efforts modernized from the Jim Crow playbook. Get Weekend Reads from Ideas A weekly newsletter from the […]
Seven Natural Wonders of North America – Seven Natural Wonders
northamerica Home » Seven Natural Wonders of North America North America is a continent housed entirely within the northern Hemisphere with an area that stretches 9,540,000 square miles (24,709,000 sq. km) accounting for approximately 16.5% of the world’s land area. North America is probably the wealthiest continent when it comes to experiencing natural wonders. The […]
Table of Contents: Dismantling America :
These wide-ranging essays-on many individual political, economic, cultural and legal issues-have as a recurring, underlying theme the decline of the values and institutions that have sustained and advanced American society for more than two centuries. This decline has been more than an erosion. …