Celebrate freedom from paying full price this holiday when you shop these outdoors-approved sales from REI, Evo and more. (Photo: Evo/REI/Canva) Published July 2, 2026 03:45 am Our favorite way to celebrate the Fourth of July? Spend time outside. Camping trips, backpacking missions, mountain bike bashes, fly fishing adventures – the list goes on. Our
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As America approaches the big 2-5-0 announcement on July 4, many businesses are celebrating the country’s birthday with tons of deals for consumers, including Dave & Buster’s. The entertainment chain is offering almost unbelievable deals to customers, which many would consider to be in the range of affordability. However, it appears that this is a
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This weekend is America’s 250th birthday, so it’s time to celebrate! Between backyard barbecues, alcoholic beverages, and red, white and blue dishes, the Fourth of July can quickly become a calorie-laden day. One day of indulgence doesn’t have to undo months of progress, but that doesn’t mean you have to throw away those healthy habits
Frederick Douglass’s great speech “What’s the Fourth of July for a slave?” The speech, delivered before a predominantly white audience at Rochester’s Corinthian Hall on July 5, 1852, reflected the contrasts that remain in the nation’s Fourth of July celebrations, then and to this day. The nation’s founding documents may have declared that “all men
It’s time to stream some criminal adaptations this July! While that’s quiet compared to what it should be based on the huge wave of adaptations we’re currently riding, I still got two new series for you, an action-packed mystery film and a backlist film adapted from a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Before I go on, here
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