My city neighborhood (Rogers Park/Chicago) has had three nights in a row of booming fireworks ( en español, cohetes) until 2 or 3 in the morning. A much more meaningful activity on Tuesday morning would be to listen to Morning Edition on your local NPR station for their annual recitation of The Declaration of Independence. Listen carefully for not only what was included in the Declaration, but what is missing: No abolition of slavery or denunciation or human trafficking; no equal rights for women; no ultimate economic justice for all, including universal suffrage. After 241 years@, we still have much to do. Rest up and have a great holiday. But on Wednesday we all have to get to work.
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