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Climate activists guilty of criminal damage over Van Gogh painting glue protest

Just Stop Oil supporters Emily Brocklebank, 24, and Louis McKechnie, 22, guilty of causing just under £2,000 of criminal damage

The Independent UK

Climate activist tells court Van Gogh may have agreed with painting protest

Just Stop Oil supporters Emily Brocklebank, 24, and Louis McKechnie, 22, have been found guilty of causing just under £2,000 of criminal damage.

The Independent UK

Biography traces public support for J. Edgar Hoover in most of his 48 years in power

G-Man by Yale historian Beverly Gage examines how Hoover held onto power and describes his complicated legacy on racial justice and surveillance.

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Walker, Warnock offer clashing religious messages in Georgia

Herschel Walker warns that “spiritual warfare” has entangled America and the Republican nominee in Georgia’s Senate race offers himself to voters as a “warrior for God.”

The Independent UK

The unlikely bond between Julia Roberts and Martin Luther King Jr

The civil rights activist and his wife paid the hospital bill for the birth of the actor because her parents couldn’t afford it

The Guardian - US

Martin Luther King Jr. paid the bill for Julia Roberts' birth. Here's the backstory

As fans marked Julia Roberts' birthday last week, they also uncovered a connection between her family and that of the civil rights icon. It all started when her parents opened an acting school.

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Can Obama magic charm Democrats to the polls in crucial midterms?

The ex-president remains his party’s rock star and is touring key states to fire up voters – but his midterms record is far from flawless

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'Rishi Sunak says he is full of integrity but chose shady characters for his Cabinet'

Mark Steel says Rishi Sunak replaced Suella Braverman, James Cleverly and Grant Shapps with a more sensible bunch, such as Grant Shapps, Suella Braverman and James Cleverly - just changing their order

Daily Mirror

Black History Month: The men stationed in Swansea in WW2 who went on to be famous and hugely influential

What connects Barack Obama, Martin Luther King and Gandhi to the city of Swansea?

Wales Online

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

Martin Luther King’s daughter hits back at Kari Lake for saying he would have been a Maga Republican

‘What you share here is false and dismissive of daddy’s seminal work and beliefs’

The Independent UK

Kari Lake condemned for claiming MLK would be ‘America first Republican’ today

Controversial candidate is favoured by GOP for her rebuttals of questions about election denialism

The Independent UK

Bono claims major Irish gangland figure plotted to kidnap his kids and IRA issued death threats

He also faced an assassination threat in America

Dublin Live

‘A bridge to something greater’

Housing activists in North Lawndale unite with Jewish groups during fall harvest festival.

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Activist, teacher Jeanne Terry dead at 104

An early member of Congress of Racial Equality, she helped found a South Side school co-op.

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Beverley Knight and Soweto Gospel Choir to perform Songs of Freedom at Newcastle Cathedral

Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir also will join the line-up of the October 14 concert commemorating the 55-year anniversary of Martin Luther King's visit to the city

The Guardian - US

‘It’s good to think strategically’: Thomas E Ricks on civil rights and January 6

In his new book, the historian considers the work of Martin Luther King and others through the lens of military thought

The Independent UK

Herschel Walker centers pitch to Republicans on 'wokeness'

Herschel Walker pitches himself as a politician who can bridge America’s racial and cultural divides

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The pastor v the football player: can Raphael Warnock tackle Herschel Walker?

Georgia in focus: Warnock’s fundraising is impressive, though the Democratic senator lacks the name recognition his scandal-prone opponent

Tribune News Service

Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Aaron Pierre tapped to play civil rights icons in ‘Genius: MLK/X’ miniseries

The private lives and relationships of two of the most iconic civil rights leaders will be explored in the Emmy Award-winning “Genius” anthology series.

The Guardian - US

Riotsville, USA: the shocking story of fake army towns that militarised police

A bleak and revealing new documentary brings to light the history of simulated towns used to train police to handle riots

The Guardian - US

The Nation That Never Was review: a new American origin story, from the ashes of the old

Kermit Roosevelt III, descendant of Theodore, sees lessons for today’s divided nation in Reconstruction and the civil rights era

The Conversation

US is becoming a 'developing country' on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality

The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but an index of development released in July 2022 places the country much farther down the list.

The Guardian - UK

Mable John obituary

First female singer signed to Motown whose later hit for Stax, Your Good Thing, became a classic of deep soul

WEKU

Why the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame is headed to this small Mississippi Delta town

Marks, Mississippi, is where Martin Luther King Jr. chose in 1968 as the starting point for his Poor People's Campaign, which demanded economic justice for poor Americans of all backgrounds.

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