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The Latest Breaking News from George Wallace

A new book reveals the untold story of a Ku Klux Klan member’s literary double life under the names of both Asa and Forrest Carter.

Texas Observer

RFK Jr.'s poll numbers remain high. What explains this — and can it last?

The anti-vaccine political scion is running as an independent for president, is threatening both parties and is polling higher than any independent in 40 years. But those high numbers tend to fade.

WEKU

Lessons from brain science — and history's peacemakers — for resolving conflicts

Humans instinctually forge loyalties to groups to survive. Being aware of these impulses can help us deescalate arguments and find common ground. Some notable leaders in history show us how it's done.

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The racist murders in Jacksonville didn’t happen in a vacuum. Words came first

Angela Michelle Carr, Jerrald Gallion and Anolt Joseph Laguerre Jr were shot to death in Florida by a man reportedly steeped in the rhetoric of hate

The Guardian - US

The year that broke US politics: what 1968 can tell us about 2024

Historian Luke Nichter considers the turmoil you know about – assassinations, chaotic conventions, the racist rise of George Wallace – but also the backroom dramas you don’t

The Guardian - US

States’ rights make a comeback as Republicans rush to defy Washington

Several red states are rejecting the authority of not just the federal government – but also the conservative supreme court

The Guardian - US

Pregnant mum, husband and their two children killed in crash with car on wrong side of road

The horrific crash in the early hours of Sunday morning in Lubbock, Texas, left five dead including a heavily pregnant mum and three members of her family - the driver of the SUV driving the wrong way also died

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In Jimmy Carter's hometown, political memorabilia mix with emotion

PLAINS, Ga. — He makes clear he will pay very little for people’s treasures.

Tribune News Service

Skynyrd member's death signals end of era for Southern rock

Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington made it big when rock ‘n’ roll was still a defining cultural force on par with today’s TikTok trends and superhero movies

The Independent UK

We get 28 days for Black history in the US – but every month is White History Month

Conservatives are blocking a more inclusive version of history – even as our Capitol contains statues of white supremacists

The Guardian - US

How Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers changed the civil rights movement

Journalist Mark Whitaker says that much of what's happening in American race relations today traces back to 1966, the year the Black Panthers were formed. His new book is Saying It Loud.

WEKU

How Third Parties Die

This is what it looks like when a political party's branches start to go their own way.

Reason

Will Smith is on ‘probation’ with Black Hollywood. But it may not last much longer

LOS ANGELES — The evening that Tyler Perry is calling one of his “most heartbreaking” happened eight months ago. But the memory is still fresh — and hurtful.

Los Angeles Times

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Sen. Ted Cruz heckled on 'The View,' blistered by hosts for Jan. 6 and kowtowing to Trump

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LGBT+ Center Orlando cancels drag queen story hour after Nazi threats, director says

ORLANDO, Fla. — The LGBT+ Center Orlando canceled Monday a weekend drag queen story hour for children after receiving online threats from Nazis and other extremist groups, according to the organization’s executive director.

WEKU

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

The Guardian - US

How whiteness poses the greatest threat to US democracy

People forget that championing whiteness is what makes Trump powerful

Reason

A New History of the Old Right

On the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

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Salon

This nuke-crazy general changed history

Think Michael Flynn is weird? Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove"

Los Angeles Times

Comics invoke Oscars slap after Dave Chappelle attack: 'Gettin' dangerous out here'

Comedians have begun to weigh in on Tuesday night's incident at the Hollywood Bowl, where a man carrying a replica handgun with a knife rushed the stage and attacked headliner Dave Chappelle as the show was winding down.

Reason

A New History of the Old Right

In the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

The Guardian - UK

Cathy O’Neil: ‘Big tech makes use of shame to profit from our interactions’

The mathematician and author talks about the exploitation of our feelings, cancel culture, and why she believes JK Rowling is an example of ‘punching-down shame’

Tribune News Service

Commentary: IRS demands smack of Big Brother

Surveys find 81 percent of U.S. adults support voter ID requirements. Yet President Joe Biden recently condemned state election integrity laws that strengthen voter ID protections and ensure the accuracy of voter registration rolls as “Jim Crow 2.0.” This supposed “threat to our democracy” is so grave that Biden equated…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Louie Anderson, Comic, Emmy Winner for 'Baskets,' Dies at 68

Louie Anderson, whose four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was 68. Anderson died at a hospital in Las Vegas of complications from cancer, said Glenn Schwartz, his longtime publicist. Anderson…

Salon

The power of lies, long before Trump

Covering George Wallace taught me this: If people like lies better than truth, you can't change their minds

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