thanksgiving-2022

President John F. Kennedy (Library of Congress photo).

JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: That we’re ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together

BY: - November 24, 2022

Fifty-nine years ago, on Nov. 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation. Little more than two weeks later, on Nov. 22, 1963, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet during a trip to Dallas, Texas. Nearly sixty years later, with the nation trying to healing from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

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National Day of Mourning: The suppressed speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Wampanoag

BY: - November 24, 2022

For indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is not a day of celebration. This is what they lost.

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Replica of the United States Bill of Rights (Getty Images).

Freedom and democracy in America 2022. What it means. Why we guard it | Charles D. Allen

BY: - November 24, 2022

To believe in the American democracy requires us to act to address all forms of injustice within our nation.

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A reminder for your holiday table: Thanksgiving celebrates a racist genocide | Michael Coard

BY: - November 22, 2022

The tragic residue of the horrific plight that began 401 years ago continues to exist in 2022.