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Memorial day

A lifeguard is seen at the beach | Man Fredrichter

Memorial day

Have a Lifeguard Shortage at Your Pool? Here's a Big, Underreported Reason Why

Memorial Day ushers in the unofficial start of summer. But if your pool is missing lifeguards, issues with immigration may be the culprit.

Billy Binion | 5.29.2023 6:00 AM

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Memorial day

On Memorial Day, Remember Skepticism Toward a Large, Standing Military

Thank the troops, but question the uses to which they’re put.

J.D. Tuccille | 5.31.2021 8:00 AM

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Gasoline

Gas Prices Were Lower Last Year Because Last Year Was Really, Really Awful

And Trump is taking full credit.

Ronald Bailey | 5.28.2021 5:40 PM

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Memorial day

Army Tweets 'How Has Serving Impacted You?' Gets Thousands of Responses About the Horrors of War

"My cousin committed suicide while on duty at the armory after coming home from a tour abroad."

Zuri Davis | 5.25.2019 12:45 PM

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War

PBS Lets Vets Themselves Describe Life Inside the War Machine

Documentaries for Memorial Day focus on the troops' experiences.

Glenn Garvin | 5.25.2018 3:00 PM

World

Watch Honor Flight Documentary on Memorial Day

Nick Gillespie | 5.27.2013 11:29 AM

Politics

Did MSNBC's Chris Hayes Say Something Terrible When He Said He Was Not Comfortable Calling Fallen Soldiers "Heroes"?

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.29.2012 12:20 PM

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