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  Juneteenth: Time for a new view on the freeing of the last slaves in Texas

  Nick Douglas

  As we join Juneteenth celebrations throughout the country this week, marking the day in Texas when the last slaves were informed that they were free, let’s look at the history behind Juneteenth in...

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  America: No Longer the Shining City on the Hill

  Nick Douglas

  Imagine for a moment that the immigrants coming to America are leaving their countries not because America is “the shining city on the hill”, but instead that immigrants only come to the U.S....

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  Creole Pope, Creole Saint? Pope Leo XIV and the Venerable Henriette Delille

  Nick Douglas

  The impact of the news that the new Pope Leo XIV has Louisiana Creole roots in the 7th Ward of New Orleans was palpable even here in California. Because for the first time the story of Creoles and...

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  Op-ed: An open apology to Canada and Mexico, from an American with Canadian roots and Mexican relatives

  Nick Douglas

  To all those in Canada and Mexico who read this, please accept my sincerest apologies. What is going on here in America is not normal and not representative of the majority of Americans. You see, first,...

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  Jazz: Thriving before and despite Storyville

  Nick Douglas

  In 1897, Sidney Story, an alderman in New Orleans, put forth an ordinance confining vice to a 16-square-block area outside the French Quarter. The area was named Storyville after him, and has been commonly—but...

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  America being American

  Nick Douglas

  Much is being made of a supposed recent decline of American society. In the article “How America Got Mean” (The Atlantic, September 2023), pundit David Brooks states: “In a culture devoid...

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