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Commentary: Reparations would acknowledge injustice

It’s widely understood that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. evolved significantly on the issue of reparations during his short lifetime. Toward the start of his career, he was a moralist in his thinking, rather than the radical economic thinker he later became. In 2018, I befriended Dr. King’s…

Tribune News Service

Who is Mindy Kaling as Meghan Markle's podcast features the US comedy star

This American actress has been a prominent figure in comedy since the early 2000s and is best known for her stint on The Office.

Daily Record

America is waking up: Is it too late?

Americans see the threat to democracy at last. But it's no time to celebrate: The Trumpists aren't beaten yet

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Gardai analysing 'crucial information' that could help prosecute key members of Kinahan cartel

Earlier this year, America went to war with the Kinahans labelling them a threat to the security of the US

Dublin Live

AM Homes isn’t anti-American. She just writes what she sees

As she releases her first novel in more than a decade, the Women’s Prize winner talks to Nick Duerden about predicting political turmoil in America, why she writes ‘provocative’ novels, and recovering from the Trump presidency

The Independent UK

Democrats look to rising pro-union sentiment for boost in Midterms and beyond

Joe Biden and John Fetterman, who have both put unions at the centre of their campaigns, joined together in Pittsburgh on Labor Day, reports Richard Hall

The Independent UK

Man reunited with long-lost brothers 77 years after mum put him up for adoption

Craig Dunderdale had an affair with an American GI during the Second World War and was forced to put him up for adoption, but after 46 years of searching he's found his half-siblings

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Uncivil wars? Political lies are far more dangerous than Twitter pile-ons

As Trump supporters call for civil war and American institutions of law and government teeter on the brink, threatening to spread extremist influences throughout the democratic world, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens propose that the problem underlying this crisis is the loss of civility itself.

The Conversation

US jails people with mental illnesses

A new study reveals that 10 times as many people with serious mental illnesses are in jails as state hospitals

Salon

America's next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball

When the Major League Baseball Players Association sent union authorization cards to approximately 5,000 minor league players in an attempt to unionize them, I was both surprised and not surprised at all.

The Conversation

In Philadelphia, Joe Biden Peddled a Competing Brand of Authoritarianism

The current president becomes what he criticizes by delegitimizing opposition.

Reason

America should honor our election workers this Labor Day

The alarming uptick in harassment and threats against election workers, sparked by the Big Lie about the 2020 election, is a threat that Congress must do more to counter.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Confederates were traitors’: Ty Seidule on West Point, race and American history

The discovery of a plaque showing a member of the Ku Klux Klan at the US military academy made headlines. One member of the commission which recommended its removal is a historian of the US army and the lost cause myth

The Guardian - US

US ambassador to Russia leaving post as Ukraine war drags on

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service

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Democracy is under attack – and reporting that isn’t ‘violating journalistic standards’

Biden gave a rare primetime address on the most important challenge facing America – and the media coverage was just more he-said/she-said reaction

WEKU

Historians advise the president. The problem? The scholars were all white.

In early August the White House invited an all-white group of historians to talk about threats to American democracy.

Daily Mirror

Meghan Markle's popularity surges in US after latest interview in 'extraordinary' poll

More than two-thirds of Americans surveyed said they thought more favourably of the Duchess after her controversial interview with The Cut as well as her new podcast episode

Reason

Our Constitution: "Well-Regulated Democracy," "In Its Principles … Purely Democratical"

I keep hearing the same (pointless, I think) claims that America is a republic, not a democracy. It's both a republic and a democracy.

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Jane Fonda on cancer, chemo treatments and why she feels very lucky: "It’s time we talk not only about cure but also the causes"

American actress and climate activist Jane Seymour Fonda on Saturday wrote about her cancer treatment in a long post on social media. The actress took to Instagram on being diagnosed with cancer and having the treatments.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Medvedev Ends Wu's US Open Run to Set-up Kyrgios Blockbuster

World number one and defending champion Daniil Medvedev ended the dream US Open run of China's Wu Yibing on Friday to set-up a blockbuster last-16 clash against Nick Kyrgios. Medvedev eased past world number 174 Wu, who came through qualifying, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, AFP said. Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios made the…

The Guardian - US

Cool reception to Meghan media blitz suggests US not yet sold on former royals

Response to podcast series and magazine profile met with barb that duke and duchess are ‘taking a hardship and turning it into content’

The Independent UK

Serena Williams bids emotional farewell to tennis after defeat at US Open

The American was in tears on Arthur Ashe Stadium following the final match of her career

Dynamite News

US Open 2022: Serena Williams bids farewell to tennis after third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic

American Tennis legend Serena Williams bid farewell to the sport on Friday, after her defeat to Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia in the third round match of the women's singles category in the ongoing US Open 2022. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke returns to campaign trail with withering attack on Greg Abbott: ‘We’re running against the worst governor in America’

Former congressman claims Democrats will win for first time in 30 years

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Biden defends Trump ‘threat’ speech, but says not all supporters of former president fit that bill

Senior White House officials on Friday defended President Joe Biden’s prime-time speech Thursday in Philadelphia in which he forcefully called Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement a “threat” to the country.

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