John A. Tures, Author at LaGrange Daily News - Page 15 of 33
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Schoolkids are required to study, or at least memorize, the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. Almost ...
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by John A. Tures, Wednesday, June 2, 2021 11:32 am
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The night of Feb. 3, 1943, was one of America’s biggest disasters in the Battle of the Atlantic. Just after midnight, two Nazi torpedoes slammed ...
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by John A. Tures, Monday, May 31, 2021 10:41 am
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Earlier this year, the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) held a conference titled “American Uncanceled.” Organizers attempted to showcase how their political opponents are the ...
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by John A. Tures, Saturday, May 22, 2021 11:30 am
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Over the last week, we’ve been shown a steady barrage of images and stories of rockets fired at Israel from Palestinian territories.
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by John A. Tures, Thursday, May 20, 2021 10:30 am
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Back in 1953, former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt lobbied Congress to create a National Teacher Appreciation Day. In 1984, the National Parent Teacher Association moved ...
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by John A. Tures, Friday, May 7, 2021 8:00 am
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President Biden’s Administration announced the U.S. would leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. Republicans were quick to attack Biden’s plan, many conveniently forgetting that Trump ...
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by John A. Tures, Saturday, May 1, 2021 10:00 am
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I’m sure you are convinced that race-based voting is rampant in American politics. But what you’re probably thinking of is whether certain groups support certain ...
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by John A. Tures, Thursday, April 15, 2021 8:30 am
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The word is out that the Major League Baseball Player’s Association (MLBPA) may try to pressure professional baseball to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta. ...
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by John A. Tures, Friday, April 2, 2021 11:15 am
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In the wake of two mass shootings in the past two weeks (one in Atlanta at massage parlors, and one in Boulder Colorado at a ...
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by John A. Tures, Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:00 am
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When I read of the massacres at several Atlanta area businesses, where six of the eight killed were Asian-American women, it hit me especially hard. ...
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by John A. Tures, Monday, March 22, 2021 5:14 pm
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