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Meet Soapy, Jimmy Carter’s longtime barber and fellow ‘tough old bird’

AMERICUS, Ga. — On any given day during much of James “Soapy” Herndon’s ongoing, 62-year run as a barber, passersby might have spotted his shop filled not with clients but with Secret Service agents.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023

Activist Judy Heumann led a reimagining of what it means to be disabled

Heumann was instrumental in pushing to expand the civil rights of Americans with disabilities and continued to advocate for disability rights around the globe. She died on Saturday at age 75.

WEKU · Mar 5, 2023

Women's History Month grew out of a weeklong commemoration by Jimmy Carter in 1980

The first national Women's History Week occurred in 1980. Seven years later, Congress passed a law designating March as Women's History Month.

WEKU · Mar 2, 2023

Why 'lost their battle' with serious illness is the wrong thing to say

When a dire disease strikes, it's easy to slip into war terms to describe the experience. But that sort of talk turns life into two outcomes: winning and losing. And that's not the way life works.

WEKU · Feb 28, 2023

Martin Schram: Remembering — and maybe rethinking — Carter’s presidency

As Jimmy Carter began his hospice care at home in his rural Plains, Georgia, precisely where he wanted to be for his final transition, well-wishers from politics and the media began reflecting about how our 39th president’s greatest contributions came after he left Washington.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Jimmy Carter: Family affair to the White House and beyond

When Jimmy Carter stepped onto the national stage, he brought along those closest to him, introducing Americans to a colorful Georgia family that helped shape the 39th president’s public life and now, generations later, is rallying around him for the private final chapter of his 98 years

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time

How much better off would we be today if his programs were passed by Congress?

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 27, 2023

Jimmy Carter: the American president whose commitment to Africa went beyond his term

The office of former US president Jimmy Carter (98), who has been frail for some time, has announced that he will no longer seek hospital treatment for his ailments. He has instead opted for hospice care at his modest home in the rural farming village of Plains, Georgia, close to…

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2023

Refugees and their advocates see a champion in Jimmy Carter

ATLANTA – Dr. Heval Kelli moved to metro Atlanta in 2001 as a Syrian refugee. After washing dishes early on to help support his family – the victims of violence and persecution in their homeland – he became a physician.

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023