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America at 250: Democracy, Education, and the Promise Still Being Kept
By Madeline Pumariega, Miami Dade College President at Community Newspapers
· July 15, 2026
· 1 min read
On July 4, 2026, the United States marked 250 years since 56 men in Philadelphia signed their names to a single sheet of parchment and declared something the world had never seen before: that government derives its legitimacy not from kings or conquest, but from the consent of the governed. That ide
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Category: government ·
Published: July 15, 2026 ·
Source: Community Newspapers ·
Reading time: 1 min
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