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The Latest Breaking News from Bobby Kennedy

The Very Strange New Respect for Authoritarian Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The enemy of your enemy is not your friend; he's a guy who might want to throw you in jail.

Reason

Bono: ‘The lesson Harry Belafonte taught me’

Pioneering musician and activist Harry Belafonte has died aged 96. Here, Bono remembers a ‘lightbulb moment’ when he came face-to-face

The Independent UK

Harry Belafonte: Singer, actor and unshakeable civil rights activist

America’s first black superstar’s good looks and sweet calypso sounds allowed him to penetrate the wider public arena – where he tirelessly campaigned for racial equality

The Independent UK

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Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always singing a song for justice

In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry Belafonte was at a cocktail party in Manhattan, scolding the then-attorney general of the United States.

The Conversation

The stand-up conspiracy theorist

The performer carried his anti-authoritarian, truth-seeking ways from the comedy clubs to his TV detective persona

Salon

Harry and Meghan: Professor criticises ‘blatantly ludicrous’ decision to give couple major human rights award

President Obama is among those to have previously received the award

The Independent UK

Fetterman keeps attacking Oz for being from New Jersey. That’s resonating in parochial Pa.

PHILADELPHIA — There’s something about Pennsylvania’s political DNA that’s playing out in this year’s crucial Senate race.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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This week in history: Bobby Kennedy hovers between life and death

On June 5, 1968, presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot in a California hotel. The Chicago Daily News published after the shooting but before the senator’s death. Here’s a look at that coverage.

Chicago Sun-Times

Because Our Fathers Lied review: Robert McNamara, Vietnam and a partial healing

The son of John F Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson’s defense secretary delivers a searing memoir of war, betrayal and love

The Guardian - US

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