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Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society

Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.”

The Conversation

Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies

After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the June 27, 2024, debate, many Democrats have raced to ring the alarm bell, proclaiming that it’s time for him to step aside, time to let someone else take the reins in hopes of defeating Donald Trump in November.

The Conversation

Dem leader Jeffries condemns ‘ignorant’ Byron Donalds for saying Black people were better off under Jim Crow

Florida congressman says Black familes voted ‘conservatively’ in era when many were violently prevented from voting at all

The Independent UK

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Can Medicare money protect doctors from abortion crimes? It worked before, desegregating hospitals

The Supreme Court's decision regarding Idaho's abortion ban may hinge on whether federal spending power can protect doctors against a state's criminal code

The Independent UK

Sanders Warns Biden Of Potential Backlash Over Israel Stance

Senator Bernie Sanders compares current anti-war student protests to Vietnam War era, urging President Biden to reconsider support for Israel.

Top News

What do the US campus protests mean for Joe Biden in November?

Thousands of students have rallied for Palestine, after hundreds of thousands of Democrats declined to vote for Biden in the primary

The Guardian - US

No way out by Tim Shipman review: an exhaustive chronicle of a chaotic political divorce

In his intro to No Way Out, finally charting the long, strange trip the UK took from the fraught post-referendum days to leaving the EU in January 2020, Tim Shipman risks a comparison political biographers would shy away from. He declares an urge to match the epic and literary style…

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Forging Their Own Way: Kaye Northcott on Texas Observer History

As co-editors of the Texas Observer, Kaye Northcott and Molly Ivins used humor and embedded themselves in the feminist movement.

Texas Observer

Fractures in the Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish Americans

The Grand Alliance between Black and Jewish leaders, known largely for shared work on Civil Rights in the 1960s, has a complicated legacy--and an uncertain future between these communities.

WEKU

We may have just figured out Fantastic Four's big secret: it's set in the 1960s

1963, to be exact

Total Film

5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

WEKU

The 'No Compromise' NRA Is Neither New nor Uncompromising

The book Vote Gun criticizes the NRA’s rhetoric but pays little attention to gun control advocates' views.

Reason

Nikki Haley and Donald Trump

George H.W. Bush ended his 1980 presidential primary campaign on May 26, 1980

Reason

Martin Luther King Jr.'s moral stance against the Vietnam War offers lessons on how to fight for peace in the Middle East

Since the onset of Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and the West Bank after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, debates have arisen among historians and media pundits about Martin Luther King Jr.’s stance on Israel and its conflicts with Palestinians.

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The Guardian - US

Biden will have ‘LBJ moment’ and not run for re-election, Cornel West says

West, running for president as an independent, predicts Biden will do as Lyndon Johnson did in 1968 and decide against White House run

WEKU

60 years after JFK's assassination, the agent who tried to save him opens up

One image, taken seconds after President Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the country. The agent in the center of the image is still coming to terms with that moment.

The Guardian - US

‘The footage is very honest’: uncovering the real Lady Bird Johnson

A mesmerizing new documentary uses archival recordings to give an intimate portrait of a first lady who acted as a shadow politician in the 60s

The Guardian - UK

Whether sacked or not, Suella Braverman could stir up a new Tory civil war

If the PM doesn’t get rid of her, he’ll look weak; if he does, she’ll rail from the backbenches. Is this all part of the home secretary’s grand plan? asks the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

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The Independent UK

Projects featuring Lady Bird Johnson's voice offer new looks at the late first lady

Lady Bird Johnson's own voice is helping offer new looks at the former first lady in several recent projects

Salon

How did hunger become a partisan issue?

From Ronald Reagan to Mike Johnson, nutrition assistance is a perennial target for conservative politicians

The Guardian - US

Democracy Awakening review: Heather Cox Richardson’s necessary US history

The Boston College professor offers a valuable primer on Republican extremism – but also progressive achievement

WEKU

Presidential pets can breed controversy. A dog was once suspected of being a spy

Historically, pets — everything from birds to cats to dogs — have been part of the White House. And Biden's dog Commander isn't alone. More than a few have ended up embroiled in some controversy.

The Independent UK

Sir Michael Gambon was a titan of the stage and film

His illustrious theatre career included an appearance in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1982 production of King Lear.

Chicago Sun-Times

Provocative ‘Deadlocked’ doc surveys the key Supreme Court appointments of recent decades

On Showtime’s comprehensive series, experts put the decisions of Earl Warren, Thurgood Marshall, William Rehnquist and other legal minds in context.

The Independent UK

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin gets personal in 'An Unfinished Love Story'

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home

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