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Mon, December 4, 2023 | 05:44

Martin Luther King's 'Letter From Birmingham Jail' still resonates 60 years later

By Leonard GreeneSixty years ago, a Baptist minister sat in a southern jail cell and penned the most important written statement of the civil rights movement.Months before the March on Washington, where he delivered his spellbinding “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., jailed with about 50 other peaceful protesters, wrote a response to local c...

2023-04-27 16:10

History offers Biden sobering lessons as he launches his bid for a second term

At long last, President Joe Biden has made it official that he is running for reelection in what he portrayed as “a generational moment for Americans across the country to stand up and fight for our democracy and freedoms.”

2023-04-27 16:05

This mountainous state just ranked No. 1 in the US for camping

Camping season is here! While picking out the perfect sleeping bag may cause a dilemma, finding the best campsite will be a piece of cake. Wyoming has just been named the No. 1 hotspot for campers this year.

2023-04-27 16:05

How NATO should deter Vladimir Putin's Russia

Come July, NATO allies will gather in Vilnius for their second summit since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his genocidal war of aggression against Ukraine. There'll be 31 of them this time, after Finland joined the club in direct response to Putin's bellicosity. What should they decide?

2023-04-25 16:30

The Bob Lee killing shows how crime reporting gets almost everything wrong

Rushes to judgment seldom come at you any faster than the commentary about the killing of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee in a deserted neighborhood of San Francisco early on the morning of April 4.

2023-04-24 16:10

Fox News and the prison of profit

I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company's viewers made of this week's massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

2023-04-23 16:00

Transit agencies recorded announcements with some very devoted riders ― children with autism

People with autism spectrum disorder can present so differently that a common refrain is: “If you know one person with autism, you know one person with autism.” Yet, there are often startling similarities.

Kim Ji-soo | 2023-04-20 17:00

Banning China from owning US farmland will achieve nothing

Banning China from owning US farmland will achieve nothing

CHICAGO - In March, a group of United States senators introduced the bipartisan Protecting America's Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act, which would prohibit any entity “owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary” from leasing or purchasing public and private US farmlands.

2023-04-20 16:25

The Middle East's marriages of convenience

The Middle East's marriages of convenience

TEL AVIV - As the United States focuses on its showdown with Russia in Ukraine and its escalating competition with China, the Middle East has been left to run its affairs the way it always has: with marriages of convenience between rival powers. These are not Catholic-style “holy matrimonies,” comprehensive and permanent, but coolly pragmatic deals to survive through short-te...

2023-04-20 16:25

Maybe AI needs to write its own dictionary

An explosion of interest in artificial intelligence is irking a lot of people concerned about the encroachment by computers into human domains such as visual arts, music, and literature. More recently, even the terms we use to describe these systems don't sit well with some who take issue with digging up old words for new uses or anthropomorphizing machines.

2023-04-20 16:10

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