2023 Florida is home to about 800,000 undocumented immigrants, and many work in the kinds of businesses that would be impacted by the law, known as SB 1718. Many of those affected are also members of mixed-status... continue reading
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Dorothea Lange’s photos of the incarceration of Japanese Americans went largely unseen for decades. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed Executive Order 9066 in February 1942 — two months... continue reading
posted by eric3579 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 82 views • 14:39"Why some Americans’ votes count more than others. Watch more of our election coverage: http://vox.com/ElectionVideos In the 2000 US presidential election, the Democratic candidate got half a million... continue reading
posted by ant 3 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 86 views • 8:09"Why does America's system for picking the president start in Iowa? Before Americans vote on the next president in November, both major political parties have to settle on a nominee. That process is... continue reading
posted by ant 4 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 309 views • 8:03YouTube description: There's a common myth about who pays their fair share, and who doesn't. (via www.digg.com)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 549 views • 5:51"Nearly half of Americans don’t know that Puerto Ricans are US citizens. But they are, and have been since 1917. Watch why Puerto Rico won't have power for months: http://bit.ly/2DBCPVp Read about... continue reading
posted by ant 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 481 views • 3:56YouTube: GET SMARTER SECTION RECORDS BROKEN: ● US Domino Field Record (12,450 dominoes) ● US Domino Structure Record (12,780 dominoes) ● US Domino Record (245,732 dominoes)
posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 156 views • 13:00Welcome to the US National Ice Core Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, where there's a giant freezer filled with 20km of ice cores from Greenland and the Antarctic. Here's why.
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 9 months ago • 1,213 views • 3:33"We're all familiar with Pomp & Circumstance, the graduation song that's the official soundtrack of almost every commencement. But how did it get so big? In this episode of Vox's Almanac, Phil Edwards... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years ago • 132 views • 5:34The US signed the metre convention and bases all customary units on SI standards. As an aside, the Utah constitution from 1895 required the metric system to be taught in schools. This requirement was repealed... continue reading
posted by eric3579 7 years 1 week ago • 1,012 views • 8:52YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 9 months ago • 812 views • 14:23YouTube description: There's a big fire in the building and suddenly all the sprinklers turn on -- that's not really how works. Let science extinguish this myth. How Fire Burns in Space - http://bit.ly/1OqRB5b ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 366 views • 4:02"US election 2016: What is the US ‘electoral college’ and how does it work? - TomoNew ..."
posted by ant 7 years 11 months 1 week ago • 8 views • 1:45Sacks of Water, prepare to have your minds blown. From YouTube: "Does water have a fourth phase, beyond solid, liquid and vapor? University of Washington Bioengineering Professor Gerald Pollack... continue reading
posted by chicchorea 8 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 1,037 views • 24:15The Sweet Potato Council's own Head Honcho, 'You Got Him', is up on his tuber history by gum! YouTube: The reason "yams" and sweet potatoes taste the same to Americans is because they are the same.... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 153 views • 2:10YouTube Description: are you an uninsured American? Check out: https://www.healthcare.gov Music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow and http://www.audionetwork.com Mental Floss "micromorts"... continue reading
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