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Movies Inspire Halloween 2014’s Hottest Costumes

October 31, 2014

Halloween may have evolved from spooky origins in England, Ireland and Scotland — where the Celts believed the dead could walk among the living during the transition between the seasons — but in America, Halloween is now more about candy and costumes than anything else. Once darkness falls, children dress up and walk from house to […]

Does Columbus Day Honor a Monster?

October 13, 2014

Every year, on the second Monday in October, the United States celebrates a federal holiday honoring a man who freely admitted committing atrocities against the native people of the Americas, including cutting off their hands, noses or ears to keep them in line, and sexually enslaving girls as young as nine, gifting them to his […]

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