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Why Summer Becomes the Season People Remember Most From Childhood

4 months 2 weeks ago
Ask an adult to describe childhood in one image, and chances are they will not mention a classroom. They will talk about a bike leaning in the grass, a popsicle dripping onto bare feet, the smell of sunscreen, or the long walk home after staying out too late. Memory does not keep every ordinary day. It saves the ones that feel bigger, freer, and more alive. That is one reason summer often takes up so much space in childhood stories. Summer shapes childhood memories because it changes the rhythm

Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters

4 months 2 weeks ago
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots. In a federal court filing Monday night, the Justice Department significantly hedged the data-sharing plan, pulling back from a position the Trump […]
Jonathan Shorman

June 10 in History: Italy Enters World War II, Salem Executes Bridget Bishop

4 months 2 weeks ago
On June 10, one of the most important events in world history took place in 1940, when Italy entered the Second World War on the side of Nazi Germany. Benito Mussolini’s decision widened a war that had already begun in Europe and brought fighting more directly into the Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Balkans. At the time, it mattered because it changed military strategy for many countries and increased the number of civilians drawn into the conflict. It still matters today because