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Movie Review: 'Rustin' with an outstanding Colman Domingo is a terrific look at March on Washington

The 1963 March on Washington was a triumph of peaceful protest

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

DeSantis denies wearing heels after being confronted with viral video

‘Those are just standard off-the-rack Lucchese,’ governor says about his boots

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2023

You Need to Watch the 2 Scariest Sci-Fi Movies of the Decade on Netflix ASAP

With 'Get Ou't and 'Us,' it’s clear that America has a problem. Which makes it the first double feature for this Halloween night.

Inverse · Oct 31, 2023

Bayard Rustin review: fine portrait of a giant of protest and politics

Michael G Long edits essays from 23 authors on the great civil rights advocate, newly in the spotlight thanks to the Obamas

The Guardian - US · Oct 28, 2023

Marilyn Katz, a behind-the-scenes force in Chicago politics for decades, dead at 78

She marched with MLK and helped elect Mayor Harold Washington, and her views were forged as an activist with Students for a Democratic Society during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 27, 2023

New House speaker Mike Johnson praised ‘18th-century values’ in speech

Louisiana congressman told audience at 2013 anti-abortion event Americans should live by 250-year-old religious and moral values

The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2023

'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

Hamas took more than 200 people hostage during its deadly rampage in Israeli border towns on Oct. 7, 2023. Among the hostages are children and the elderly. While four of them have been released, the fate of the rest is unknown, as Qatar serves as an intermediary in working to…

The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023

Dramatic 911 call captures moments after Obama’s personal chef drowned

911 call reveals how Secret Service agents tried to Tafari Campbell in the water off Obama’s Martha’s Vineyard estate

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Senate Foreign Relations approves Lew to be Israel envoy - Roll Call

Senate Foreign Relations Committee backs Jacob J. Lew to be ambassador to Israel at a crucial time for Middle East policy.

Roll Call · Oct 25, 2023

Joe Biden's Plan for 31 Subsidized 'Tech Hubs' Is an Old, Tired Idea That's Doomed To Fail

Presidential administrations from both parties keep trying to make "place-based" economic development work.

Reason · Oct 24, 2023