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Why Cajuns may be Canadians under new citizenship law
2+ hour, 3+ min ago (677+ words) Louisiana ranks among the top states for residents who can now claim Canadian citizenship " at double the rate of Michigan. Under a new law which removed the generational limit to Canadian citizenship by descent, thousands of Cajuns and other Louisianians…...
This day in history: Civil rights leader James M. Lawson honored in Memphis
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (85+ words) Cleveland 19 News This day in history: Civil rights leader James M. Lawson honored in Memphis An Army veteran is charged with sharing classified details of an elite commando unit Lexington PGA pro Grover Justice to play in Senior PGA Championship Watching…...
Migration to Texas slows: These are the top 'inbound' and 'exit' cities
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (467+ words) (Getty Images) AUSTIN, Texas - The trend of moving from other states to Texas that's dominated the last decade is seeing a downward trend, a new study has found." The Lone Star State has dropped out of the top 10 destinations in…...
Roger Hagopian's Love of History Near and Far Has Led to Series of Documentaries
9+ hour, 7+ min ago (1061+ words) LEXINGTON, Mass. " Roger Hagopian is both interesting and interested. He has a deep-rooted love for the history of his home state as well as the reasons his Armenian ancestors fled Western Armenia for these shores. And he shows his love…...
Marietta museum confronts violent history in new exhibit
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (754+ words) MARIETTA "A new permanent exhibit at the Marietta History Center is confronting a violent chapter of the city's past, telling the story of John Bailey, a Black man lynched in 1900 after being accused of assault. Titled "Forgotten No More," the…...
BOOKS: Catalpa Rescue was Irish America's coming of age
11+ hour, 7+ min ago (519+ words) Thursday, April 9th, 2026 Sailing halfway around the world in a whaling ship to rescue Fenian rebels rotting in an English penal establishment has all the ingredients of a cracking thriller " boundless courage, chain gangs, near-drownings and cool heads being only the…...
They come from around the world. Which migrants are choosing Brisbane over Sydney and Melbourne?
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (1196+ words) April 10, 2026 " 5: 00am Ask Joel Mc Phee why he moved to Brisbane and he replies bluntly: "Money and weather." But it's more than that. Mc Phee, 40, left his family's farm in Invercargill on New Zealand's South Island for the capital of the…...
America, the world's great melting pot " really?
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (731+ words) The United States has historically patted itself on the back for being the world's melting pot " the one country where people from all over the world can live together in harmony. But as the U. S. turns 250, during one of the most…...
The Millet System" and Ottoman multiculturalism
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (550+ words) The diverse population of the Ottoman Empire was governed through a structure known as the millet system. Rather than organizing peoplehood by ethnicity or language, the empire classified its subjects primarily according to religious community. Each recognized community, called a…...
Honoring Exclusion, Celebrating Community: Chinese Life in Olympia - The JOLT News Organization, a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
19+ hour, 55+ min ago (86+ words) Honoring Exclusion, Celebrating Community: Chinese Life in Olympia'thejoltnews. com Honoring Exclusion, Celebrating Community: Chinese Life in Olympia Each February marks the anniversary of Olympia's Chinese exclusion event and reminds us of the broader season of anti-Chinese organizing across the Pacific…...