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Weekend Music Thread – Like a King

AdLib - January 15, 2022 0

Civil Rights

Remembering Selma – The Civil Rights Movement: What Went Wrong?

MurphTheSurf3 - March 7, 2015 6

Civil Rights

Watching “Selma” In A Nearly Empty Theater. Why?

MurphTheSurf3 - January 23, 2015 30

Activism

In 1967, A High School Junior, Me, Was Invited To A...

MurphTheSurf3 - January 19, 2015 4

Film

The 100 Foot Journey

KillgoreTrout - January 18, 2015 10

Film

For Your Consideration: Thoughts on the Oscar Nominees

MurphTheSurf3 - January 15, 2015 6

Activism

Remembering Martin Luther King – 2014

AdLib - January 20, 2014 29

Civil Rights

Ladies and Gentlemen, Our Corporate Anthem

RF Dude - December 15, 2013 54

Music

Weekend Music Thread- A Tribute To Black American Musicians

KillgoreTrout - August 31, 2013 46

Activism

WATCH LIVE: 50th Anniversary of The March On Washington

AdLib - August 28, 2013 51

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McCarthy’s Speakership Is in Jeopardy as Gaetz Renews Threat to Oust Him

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As His Fraud Trial Begins, Trump Looks to Capitalize on It

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Justice Thomas Recuses as Supreme Court Turns Down Appeal From Eastman

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Trump Kicks Off Swing in Iowa, Trying to Lock In Caucus Support

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Matt Gaetz Says He Will Move to Oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker

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Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk

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Trump and DeSantis Push for Mass Deportations, Escalating Hard-Right Immigration Proposals

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How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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Margins of Error

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The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Abercrombie & Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex

An organised network recruited men for sex with Abercrombie & Fitch’s then-CEO - BBC investigation. [...]

Electoral politics begin to bite into Ukraine support

On both sides of the Atlantic, cracks are beginning to form in Western nations' support for Ukraine. [...]

Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines

Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines. [...]

Ukraine war: First underground school to be built in Kharkiv

The new school will allow pupils to study safely in Kharkiv during Russian attacks, the city mayor says. [...]

Malaria vaccine big advance against major child killer

Deals are in place to make 100 million doses of the vaccine each year to fight the complex disease. [...]

128-year-old mummy gets a funeral

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US Speaker McCarthy stares down a ring-wing coup

His ousting as Speaker could throw an unruly US House of Representatives into even further disarray. [...]

Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog in Canada

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Dr Denis Mukwege: Nobel Prize-winner to contest DR Congo presidency

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Fire-hit Spain nightclubs were told to close in 2022

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All You Trump Dimwits, Leave Libraries Alone!

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Writers such as James Baldwin, Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Ray Bradbury, George Orwell, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ibram X. Kendi, and Nikole Hannah-Jones are just a few of the names found on book ban lists. Why? Because they are good writers and ‘touch life often.’

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