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Suburban man gets 18 months probation for entering U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

David Wiersma, 68, was arrested in Posen and charged along with Dawn Frankowski in September 2021. He pleaded guilty in late August to misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

Chicago Sun-Times

How the first female Time Lord changed Doctor Who forever

As Jodie Whittaker hands the baton to Ncuti Gatwa, we reflect on how embracing diversity has led to some of the show’s most unflinching and affirming tales

The Guardian - UK

Doctor Who quiz: can you tell your Sontarans from your Skithra?

Test your knowledge of Jodie Whittaker’s era as the Time Lord with our interstellar quiz

The Guardian - UK

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Rosa Parks: new documentary sheds light on a misunderstood figure

In The Rebellious Life of Mrs Rosa Parks, an often simplified icon of civil rights is given an expansive and deserving tribute

The Guardian - US

Who gets to tell the story of a historic civil rights site?

A fight is brewing in Tennessee over a legendary civil rights and labor organizing center whose alumni and supporters include Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt

The Independent UK

We saw the Edinburgh Fringe show championing brilliant women and it packed a punch

The cast put on a phenomenal performance packed full of energy and passion that was maintained all the way throughout the powerful and captivating show

Edinburgh Live

Who is Carolyn Donham? The catalyst for the Emmett Till lynching who is still alive today

The lynching of Emmett Till in 1955 propelled the civil rights movement in the US forward — the woman whose allegations prompted the killing is still alive today.

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Emmett Till case demands simple justice

The original arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham should be served. Justice demands she not evade accountability in Till’s lynching.

Chicago Sun-Times

Busted for illegally practicing law, Miami man says he’s ‘Rosa Parks’ for mentally ill

MIAMI — Ian Anthony Medina boasted online of his legal skills — graduating Emory Law school, working with high-level prosecutors and gaining valuable “legal experience” in Florida. He even posted a photo of his Florida Bar card.

Miami Herald

Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work

Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr. and the victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, in which the U.S. Public Health Service refused for decades to provide readily available treatment to Black men who had the disease.

The Conversation

A French city approved burkinis in its pools. Then the backlash came

The city of Grenoble's move to allow the full body-covering swimsuit for Islamic women has sparked a legal battle. Activists say it's a matter of civil — and women's — rights.

WEKU

‘It’s a massive moment’: how Ncuti Gatwa will shake up Doctor Who

What does it really mean to have the first black Time Lord? Writers Tade Thompson and Jenny Colgan and director Mark Tonderai on why he’ll alter the whole Whoniverse

The Guardian - UK

Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

Daily Mirror

Houston’s Rosa park’s tribute backfires as critics call it ‘disrespectful’ and ‘tone deaf’

Transit authority acknowledges debate about tribute following Transit Equity Day

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Miss USA contestant filmed paying children to take off masks in stores, telling them: ‘You’re the next Rosa Parks’

‘You’re the next Rosa Parks. You’re the next Martin Luther King,’ she tells child

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