Actor James Earl Jones performed a reading of Frederick Douglass’s iconic 1852 speech “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro” in a video posted online by Democracy Now! in honor of Independence Day.
As Americans watched fireworks illuminate the night skies on July 4, NASA’s Juno mission celebrated for another reason: a successful mission to insert a satellite into Jupiter’s orbit.
What was supposed to be a holiday weekend box office battle between two big-budget tentpoles quickly flamed out as two big studio films flopped, a micro-budget horror movie did better than expected and Finding Dory looked for its third straight win over the sluggish July 4 frame.
On July 4, a single-engine Piper PA18 aircraft crash-landed on Carlsbad State Beach, injuring a 12-year-old boy who was on the beach.
July 4th marks the climax of the American Revolution, remembered with fireworks, family, and fun. But this year, there are three other revolutions that overshadow our own. The first is the French Revolution. Unlike the Americans, who preserved their religious
A joint July 4 celebration that was scheduled to take place between U.S. and UK military personnel and their families at Britain’s largest U.S. air force base has been canceled, military officials announced Thursday, citing “the most current, local threat assessments.”
