In what is sure to rankle the feathers of many conservatives, MSNBC weekend host Melissa Harris-Perry took to her show Sunday to ponder the meaning of Independence Day, highlighting mostly the stains on American history. “It’s ours, all of it,” she said. “The imperialism, the genocide, the slavery, also the liberation and the hope and [...]
Melissa Harris-Perry Talks American Heritage of Imperialism, Genocide and Slavery
Americans Will Hit the Road for the Fourth of July
Americans will be on the move this Independence Day. The folks at AAA predict that 42.3 million Americans, almost 5% more of us than last year, will be traveling at least 50 miles or more during the Fourth of July in a holiday period that stretches from July 3 to 8. But with a midweek [...]







