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With 'Secret Invasion,' Emilia Clarke is back on television and ready for more

LOS ANGELES — Emilia Clarke is no stranger to projects that attract passionate fans prone to fervent discussions of even the most minute details.

Los Angeles Times

Vietnam and "alternative facts"

Fifty years later, we still can't agree on what went wrong in Vietnam. Now we can't agree on anything at all

Salon

Poland's new Russian influence law gets flak as an attack on democracy

Critics of the law, including in Washington and the European Union, warn that Poland's right-wing populist leaders could use the law to block candidates ahead of elections later this year.

WEKU

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The Crucible: the real witch hunt that inspired Arthur Miller’s play

In the mid 1960s, the American actress Joan Copeland was finding it increasingly difficult to secure parts. One day, though, she was up for a major television role and met with the writer, producer and sponsor. They were enthusiastic. Rehearsals were planned.

The Conversation

Commentary: Seven days in March

In 1961, shortly after John F. Kennedy had been sworn in as president, two journalists, Fletcher Knebel and Charles W. Bailey, set to writing a political thriller. It was inspired by the unsettling behavior of two generals, Edwin Walker and Curtis LeMay, both of whom had a history of using…

Tribune News Service

Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery

My great-uncle Abe Feller was committed to the United Nations. Did Roy Cohn and Joe McCarthy break him?

Salon

McCarthyism, then and now

It could get much worse (and more dangerous) in Washington in the months to come

Salon

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Anti-communist crusaders target Big Biz

The “communism” Republicans are fighting against is modern capitalism

Salon

Why moral panic over "grooming" works

Experts explain the history of the right creating false narratives that connect LGBTQ issues to pedophilia

Salon

A Tea Party takeover: GOP goes full MAGA

The new MAGA establishment: The former gadflies and bomb throwers are the Republican Party now

Salon

GOP's new "Church Committee": Not quite!

There's definitely a history lesson behind the GOP's phony investigation. But it's not the one they claim

Salon

2 freshmen revive Wisconsin Legislature's socialist caucus

Socialism is back in the Wisconsin Legislature after decades without representation

The Independent UK

An unearthed John Steinbeck column probes the strength of U.S. democracy

Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck wrote about his homeland in Le Figaro.

WEKU

Lost John Steinbeck essay about American democracy published

How About McCarthyism? was originally published in France in 1954 and its warning of ‘the taking of power by a self-interested group’ has now been translated

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The Independent UK

Rare John Steinbeck column probes strength of US democracy

Debates over the future of democracy aren't new

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Overt racism and antisemitism have become part of our political discourse. How did that happen?

The fact that the Republican Party has a vacuum for its policy platform isn't necessarily a problem for the U.S., even if the GOP does manage to take control of one or both chambers of Congress.

The Conversation

Biden says the US doesn't want a new Cold War – but there are some reasons it might

“We do not seek a Cold War,” declared President Joe Biden in front of world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Sept. 21, 2022. He continued that America was not asking “any nation to choose between the United States or any other partner.”

WEKU

Through all Trump's legal wars and woes, one lawyer's influence still holds sway

Roy Cohn always told clients to fight all charges, countersue when sued and never concede. Trump has followed his formula for half a century, and it has come to matter a great deal to the nation.

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Donald G. Lubin, Chicago lawyer who had key roles with Ray Kroc and McDonald’s Corp., dead at 88

“He negotiated the sale from the McDonald brothers to Ray,” said Harold C. Hirshman, a lawyer with the firm Dentons, where Mr. Lubin practiced for more than 60 years

Reason

A New History of the Old Right

On the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

WEKU

The U.S. Capitol has named two rooms after female senators for the first time ever

Sens. Barbara Mikulski and Margaret Chase Smith couldn't wear pants or use the main bathroom during their tenures, when female senators were scarce. Rooms in the Capitol now honor their legacies.

The Independent UK

'Will we do our duty?' Cheney lays her legacy on the line

One of the House members in the spotlight during Thursday's hearing on the U.S. Capitol insurrection is Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney

Reason

A New History of the Old Right

In the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

The Guardian - US

Why did CBS News hire Mick Mulvaney?

CBS News was once the home of legends like Edward R Murrow and Walter Cronkite. Why is it now hiring Trump conspirators and enablers?

Edinburgh Live

Scottish landscapers save gran and boy on ventilator during Ukrainian rescue mission

Joseph McCarthy, 55, from Falkirk, and Gary Taylor, 45, from Bonnyrigg, have been documenting their volunteer efforts in Ukraine after travelling there when the Russian invasion began.

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