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Inside Iggy Azalea's rundown childhood home as she reveals real name and humble beginnings

Iggy Azalea - who moved to America to chase stardom at the age of 16 - has taken to social media to reveal a series of childhood memories from her former home in Australia

Daily Mirror

Editorial: Missouri legislation previewed how far post-Roe radicals may be ready to go

One of the more shameful moments in congressional history was the passage in 1850 of the Fugitive Slave Act. It required that even slavery-free Northern states must abet that evil institution by returning enslaved people who’d escaped from the South and believed they had attained freedom. With the Supreme Court’s…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: The filibuster is further endangering abortion rights. It's time to scrap it

The irony is thick: A Republican president took office despite getting fewer votes than his opponent, then installed three conservative Supreme Court justices — and now that court majority has ignored America’s majority, not to mention its own precedent, to impose its ideological will on society. The fall of Roe…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Commentary: Will 2022 turn the clock back to America before 1964?

“The United States is now at one of those historic forks in the road whose outcome will prove as fateful as those of the 1860s, the 1930s, and the 1960s,” Nancy MacLean wrote in her 2017 book, “Democracy in Chains.”

Los Angeles Times

Our two failing parties need to be shaken up by independents

For 16 years, I had the privilege of representing the people of Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District until I was narrowly defeated in the 2020 Democratic primary. I lost that race because I dared to not always follow in lockstep with my party in an era in which extreme partisanship and…

Chicago Tribune

In painful, chilling detail, witnesses recount the deadly mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade

CHICAGO — The first popping noises sounded like firecrackers or maybe a gun salute honoring the American flag.

Chicago Tribune

White Sox RP Hendriks on Mass Shooting: 'Something Needs to Change'

"I had to take a driving test when I [came] over [to America]," Hendriks said. "I won't have to take a test if I want to get a gun. That's stupid.”

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Highland Park parade shooting: Stop the endless tragedies

When government refuses to act, it betrays the ideals we celebrate on the Fourth.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden urges unity in July 4th speech, while acknowledging the country's sour mood

In a largely optimistic speech to commemorate July 4th, President Biden spoke to Americans who feel "exhausted" by what they see as a lack of progress.

WEKU

'Satanic worship, sodomy and even murder': how Stranger Things revived the American satanic panic of the 80s

From Kate Bush to Russian villainy, Season Four of Stranger Things revives many parts of the 1980s relevant to our times. Some of these blasts from the past provide welcome nostalgia. Others are like unwanted ghosts that will not go away. The American Satanic Panic of the 1980s is one…

The Conversation

‘Satanic worship, sodomy, murder’: How Stranger Things revived the Satanic Panic of the ’80s

Stranger Things revives many parts of the 1980s relevant to our times. The American Satanic Panic is a less welcome but important callback.

The New Daily

6 immigrants reflect on their complicated relationships with the 4th of July

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

WEKU

Baseball should honor Larry Doby, another pioneer in integrating the sport

On July 5, 1947, the unassuming 22-year-old joined the Cleveland Indians and played at Comiskey Park, the first Black player in the American League. Every July 5, AL players should wear his No. 14.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Turbulent US this July 4, but Many See Cause to Celebrate

Independence Day has arrived as the United States is rocked by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection, awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns and struggling to maintain the bonds that keep it together. Yet many also see cause to celebrate Monday: the deadly danger of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Independent UK

Are liquor stores open on the Fourth of July?

Millions of Americans toast Independence Day with a cold beer over the barbecue every year

The Conversation

Can Americans be shielded from the U.S. Supreme Court?

When United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died with 10 months left in President Barack Obama’s second term, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader at the time, took the extreme step of refusing to hold hearings for his nominated replacement, Merrick Garland.

The Independent UK

Add rent to the rising costs bedeviling small businesses

The rent has come due for America’s small businesses and at a very inopportune time

Reason

Thoughts on the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution

A compendium of some of my previous writings on these topics, which I hope remain relevant today.

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Daily Record

Are there any cults in Scotland? Three disturbing cults to have operated on Scottish soil

Although religion-centred cults are most usually associated with 1980’s America, Scotland has its own disturbing history of cults. Here are three cults to have operated on Scottish soil.

Reason

America's Founders Raged Against Qualified Immunity, Trade Restrictions, and Anti-Immigrant Policies

Hey, we're still mad about those things today!

Daily Mirror

Jesse Marsch hands Leeds upper hand in Everton transfer battle to replace Kalvin Phillips

Leeds United and Everton have both been credited wth transfer interest in American midfielder Tyler Adams, who has made over 100 appearances for RB Leipzig across the last three seasons

Reason

Once Again, the Firework Cops Failed To Stop People From Celebrating Freedom With a Boom

Firework seizures and buyback programs won't stop millions of Americans from setting off black-market bottle rockets tonight.

Salon

America vs. the "Heathen" world

If the concept of "heathenism" seems outmoded, author Kathryn Gin Lum says it defines race and religion in America

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: Cardinals legends Gibson, White and Flood profiled in powerful documentary 'After Jackie'

During a poignant moment in the documentary “After Jackie,” the words of Jackie Robinson catch your attention and your breath: “I think that one day, white Americans are going to take a real good look at themselves and recognize the harm that they're doing to America — not to Black…

Irish Mirror

Solar storm snowploughs near Earth and could cause power outages

The solar eruption snowploughed dense layers of plasma towards Earth, triggering geomagnetic storms in two states in America, according to weather data

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