Sunday, May 26, 2019

‘Ship of Horror’: Discovery of the Last Slave Ship to America Brings New Hope to an Old Community

Enslaved Africans smuggled into Alabama in the schooner Clotilda founded Africatown after the Civil War. Now residents want to raise the wreck from under the Mobile River as a symbol of pride.

from NYT > U.S. https://nyti.ms/30NEovh
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The Afghan War Ended With Zero M.I.A.s

After two decades of combat, there were no American troops missing in action, reflecting a major shift in military priorities. from NYT ...