by Petala Ironcloud | Jul 18, 2026 | America 250, American Revolution, Indigenous Peoples, Interview, Native Americans, US history
The United States turned 250 this year, and the document officiating its birth, the Declaration of Independence, is famous for its opening lines proclaiming the nation’s freedom from England and the rights of men. But Rebecca Nagle, a journalist and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, frames the document differently, describing it as a list of grievances growing in ascending order, where Native people…
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by Jesse Hagopian | Jul 2, 2026 | American Revolution, Colonialism, Donald Trump, Haiti, history, Indigenous Peoples, July 4, Op-Ed, Racial Justice, Settler Colonialism, Slavery, UFC, UFC: Freedom 250
“On July 4th, 1776 … the United States became the greatest force for freedom, justice, equality, and prosperity in the history of the world,” President Donald Trump declared in a promotional video for the Freedom 250 campaign, the administration’s flagship initiative commemorating the U.S.’s semiquincentennial. Among the centerpiece events planned for the nation’s 250th birthday celebration was an…
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