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The haunting of Reagan's corruption

For the last 40 years, it has been a slide down a slippery slope into authoritarianism and ignorance

Salon · Jun 20, 2024

Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?

Many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the U.S. learned they were free

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2024

A trip down memory lane with French photographer Raymond Depardon

Raymond Depardon, one of France's most well-known photographers and filmmakers, is being celebrated with a book and a special exhibition in Paris. His latest film Les Années Déclic – about the earliest days of his career – was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in May.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 8, 2024

The culture war in North Carolina is playing out in the race for governor

With abortion on the line, a Black conservative provocateur is pitted against the state’s center-left Jewish attorney general

The Guardian - US · Apr 28, 2024

Alabama’s Black voters seek chance to be heard after years of being silenced

Montgomery, the state’s capital, is included in a new congressional district, and on Tuesday, a runoff will decide who stands in November

The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2024

‘We said no to Elvis Presley sweat and James Dean condoms’: the agent making a killing from dead celebrities

Mark Roesler is a publicist with a difference – most of the clients he represents are no longer alive. And thanks to AI, holograms and social media, being dead famous is more lucrative than ever

The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024

GOP widens Black history knowledge gap

White students tend to know little about the recent history of racial violence in the U.S.

Salon · Mar 8, 2024

Haley never had a chance with this GOP

Haley warned Trump is "chaos," but Hitler-quoting Mark Robinson proves MAGA prefers chaos to winning elections

Salon · Mar 7, 2024

‘We have a real impact’: oldest Black college newspaper in US turns 100

Howard University’s the Hilltop chronicles one of the US’s most storied HBCUs and is helping a new generation of journalists navigate institutional racism

The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2024

A far-right US youth group is ramping up its movement to back election deniers

Turning Point USA and co-founder Charlie Kirk are raising $108m to mobilize Trump voters and ‘clean house’ of election officials

The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2024