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It’s an eternal struggle in California: Businesses want to cut taxes while governments say doing so would decimate services. Three competing measures headed for the November ballot could drastically change California’s tax landscape.
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The Oregon Historical Society recently released a new batch of digitized historical images of some of the state’s earliest Black residents. The photographs provide a rare look into the lives of Black pioneers — and may help solve an intriguing mystery.
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Human decisions ranging from the drinking of gin to the surrender of Scottish sovereignty have hinged on the behavior of a particular animal. No, not…
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Have a cup of coffee with a goat, just to say thanks. One story of the origin of coffee is that a goatherd noticed how frisky his goats got after eating…
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It's a scary thought: how different would the world be if the Nazis had developed a nuclear weapon first? We'll never know. But we do have the ability to…
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The fireworks were fun. We're sleeping them off today, instead of coming in for a new Jefferson Exchange. But we rifled our files for some notable…
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The Exchange crew takes advantage of Independence Day, heading out to celebrate with you. But we collected two of our favorite interviews to play in our…
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This week we celebrate the events in Philadelphia in the sticky summer of 1776. But those events would not have been possible without the sacrifices of…
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The ongoing talk of impeaching President Trump begs the question: what other presidents have been impeached? The answer: only two.Bill Clinton we know…
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It is one of the most significant dates in American history: June 19, 1865. That is the day that Union troops arriving in South Texas informed the…
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It was right around this date in 1968 that Senator Robert Kennedy died after being shot in Los Angeles, right after winning the California Democratic…
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You probably know well the story of the African-American man breaking the color barrier in his sport. But this is not a story about Jackie Robinson or…
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America's love affair with beef goes back a long way. Once a small-scale enterprise characterized by family ranches and the local butcher, the beef market…
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Bubonic plague in California? It happened, more than a century ago. The first case showed up in San Francisco's Chinatown in 1900 and was quickly…