msnbc:

From The Rachel Maddow Show:

A look at the U.S. budget deficit by year.

msnbc:

From PoliticsNation:

Even when the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented, there may still be millions of Americans who need health insurance.

Fortunately, we’re stepping up to help give them the health care they needed. Will you help us? http://on.msnbc.com/urgentcarepn

Especially in Pennsylvania.

pbsthisdayinhistory:

May 17, 1954: The Supreme Court Rules on Brown v. Board of Education

On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which says that no state may deny equal protection of the laws to any person within its jurisdiction.

Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution.

Can you name all the key players behind Brown v. Board of Education? Revisit the landmark case with PBS’ The Supreme Court site.

You can also learn more about Brown v. Board of Education with “The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow” and explore more events of the Civil Rights Movement with PBS Black Culture Connection.

School integration, Barnard School, Washington, D.C., 1955 (Library of Congress).

(via npr)

thesmithian:

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art: photo of Bobby Womack by Rory Van Millingen