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Josh Shapiro could be the wrong choice

Pennsylvania's governor holds strong pro-Israel views that could shatter the Democratic coalition

Salon

What the Democrats can learn from 1968’s chaotic – and ultimately unsuccessful – presidential campaign

The assassination attempt of a divisive figure, a foreign war threatening to take centre stage, the incumbent president withdrawing his candidacy and endorsing the vice-president: the 2024 US presidential race is starting to take on an eerie resemblance to that of 1968.

The Conversation

Veepstakes have evolved from where you live to who you are − which way will Harris turn to balance the ticket?

Vice presidential picks can’t help a presidential candidate, but they can hurt one, according to political scientists. Presidential campaigns still spend a fair amount of time thinking about running mates and the ways in which they might boost the ticket – or at least not hurt it.

The Conversation

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Can lame duck Joe Biden give legs to Harris campaign in final months?

President could help Harris win in November, issue executive orders to cut student debt, or he could pardon his son Hunter

The Guardian - US

How Joe Biden can unleash 'Dark Brandon' and help defeat Donald Trump

In a somewhat sudden but expected turn of events, US President Joe Biden has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2024, marking the end of his long political career. "While it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my…

The Times of India

Biden steps aside, setting in motion an unprecedented period in American politics

In an unprecedented decision, Joe Biden has announced his resignation as president of the United States effective at noon on Jan. 20, 2025.

The Conversation

Biden pulls out of election: How rare is it for US presidents to withdraw?

Joe Biden is the first sitting president since 1968 to drop out of a US presidential race.

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Vance or Harris: Does a VP pick help win the US election?

Decades of research shows that VP picks rarely swing the vote – in key states or among vital demographics.

Al Jazeera

“Always go out on top”: Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp will retire June 2025

Sharp leaves after having transformed the institution, embedding it into state government, expanding its reach and boosting its academic and athletic reputation.

The Texas Tribune

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

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.

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The Guardian - US

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

Evening Standard

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…

Texas Observer

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.

WEKU

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.

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Total Film

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

1963, to be exact

WEKU

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.

Reason

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

The Conversation

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.

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.

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