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Unpack the past: Mandela, the keffiyeh and South Africa’s Palestine embrace

Ten years after Mandela passed away, his keffiyeh moment remains a symbol of South African warmth for Palestine.

Al Jazeera

Henry Kissinger dies celebrated, but why? His achievements have long since crumbled

He may have overseen the 20th century, but the champion of US power was also a symbol of its dangerous neo-imperialism, says commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Trump Has Better Shot Of Beating Biden Than His GOP Rivals Claim

Former President Donald Trump's primary rivals often claim that he would have no chance of winning the general election.

Zenger

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Schupak: Four lessons on life I’ve learned from Jim Nantz

Nantz will be inducted into the PGA of America’s Hall of Fame during the 107th PGA Annual Meeting in Frisco, Texas.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Homer has stopped strangling Bart in The Simpsons and it’s about time

A new episode of the long-running animated comedy sees a declaration down to ‘changed’ times, a decision that has led to an absurd backlash

The Guardian - US

Why are US politicians so old? And why do they want to stay in office?

When former President Bill Clinton showed up at the White House in early 2023, he was there to join President Joe Biden to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act. It was hard to avoid the fact that it had been three decades since Clinton was…

The Conversation

George W. Bush has a little bounce as he throws ceremonial first pitch to start World Series

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Former President George W. Bush to throw out ceremonial first pitch before World Series opener

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The Independent UK

Lots of U.S. presidents have pushed for Middle East peace. Progress has been elusive

President Biden is the latest in a long line of presidents to place himself in the middle of a Middle East conflict. U.S. efforts have seen failed starts, wrong turns and dead ends, but some progress.

WEKU

RFK Jr is poised for a 2024 run as an independent. Which side should be worried?

Republicans reveled in the idea of Robert F Kennedy Jr weakening Biden with a Democratic bid, but the conspiracy theorist could steal supporters from the right wing

The Guardian - US

Former first daughter Barbara Bush tells AP about helping lead NBA's social responsibility efforts

Barbara Bush never got to any of the NBA championship celebrations held at the White House when her grandfather was president of the United States

The Independent UK

Joe Biden, Vietnam and fake history

Ever since the U.S. left Vietnam, presidents have treated the war as heroic history. Will that ever change?

Salon

Pretrial Fairness Act puts too much work on overworked prosecutors, judges

Additional administrative work demanded by the law ending cash bail, coupled with staff shortages, is a problem when it comes to the safety of domestic abuse victims.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump takes to Truth Social to give excuse for why he won’t join GOP debate: ‘Reagan didn’t’

Mr Trump skipped the Iowa debate in 2016

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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

When Trade War Threatens Real War

Biden is blurring the lines between economic policy and military action.

The Independent UK

Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions

Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws

WEKU

Presidential primaries have seen dramatic comebacks. Could DeSantis '24 be next?

Using the phrase "comeback kid" helped Bill Clinton revive his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Could Ron DeSantis revive that model?

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Why the crack cocaine epidemic hit Black communities 'first and worst'

"We won't heal until we make sense of the crack epidemic," Donovan X. Ramsey says. His book, When Crack Was King, examines the drug's destructive path through the Black community.

The Guardian - US

No Trade Is Free review: Trump’s man plots an unusually civil course

Robert Lighthizer, once US trade representative, is a rare aide of little interest to investigators. His readable book shows why

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: Republicans promoting RFK Jr. are playing with fire

Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which a nomination skirmish won’t change anything in the Democratic Party, but might have real impact on the Republican Party.

Reason

Roaming Polansky and the Constitutionality of Qui Tam

Three decades later, the George H.W. Bush SCOTUS strategy finally has three votes.

The Guardian - US

Decades of Decadence review: Marco Rubio joins publishing’s motley Republican crew

The Florida senator was the future once. Now, he struggles to muster the shamelessness or swagger of a Hawley or a Cotton

The Conversation

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped forward.

WEKU

The latest Trump charges cast a new light on a growing Republican presidential field

Seeing Trump in the dock in a criminal case enrages his core supporters and the GOP officeholders who depend on them. But it could also breathe new life into candidacies that offer alternatives.

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