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Columbus Day was the original woke holiday

Here's to Italians and Indigenous people alike

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Matthew Yglesias
Oct 10, 2022
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Today is a federal holiday, so I’m not going to do a full column, but I did want to share a couple of reminders and make some observations about the day now known as Indigenous People’s Day in the District of Columbia.

First, on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern, we are going to have the second meeting of the Slow Boring Book Club. We’ll be joined by author …

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