No matter what happens in Tuesday's elections, support for wealth taxes keeps growing. Its justification is based on the idea that the very rich owe all of us something, and taxing their fortunes is collecting on that debt. We're told their success fuels inequality and that it's selfish of ...
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2026. There are 58 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what became known as the Greensboro massacre. State and federal trials subsequently acquitted six defendants of murder and rioting charges. Also on this date: In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan. In 1911, the Chevrolet ...
With the clocks turning back this past Sunday, the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and its Bureau of Fire Services urges residents to take a few minutes to test their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, a simple step that could save lives. As of Oct. 9, Michigan has recorded 63 fire-related deaths in 55 fatal fire incidents. Fire departments have responded to more than 14,500 structure fires statewide, including 8,118 residential fires. That averages more than 50 structure fires each day, including nearly 29 residential fires. "Every life lost to a fire is a ...
Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2026. There are 59 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey. Also on this date: In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army. In 1861, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont of his command of the Army's Western Department, following Fremont's unauthorized ...
