Seeing Martin Luther King Jr. in a New Light
Date: 01 April 2018
By Salamishah Tillet
Salamishah Tillet
Fifty years after King’s assassination, three television documentaries explore his impact on the nightly news, and King’s more disillusioned final years.
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Will Trump Crash the Farm Economy?
Date: 01 April 2018
By Robert Leonard
Robert Leonard
Much of rural America will abandon the president if his tariffs incite a crisis for rural businesses.
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How to Push a Story
Date: 01 April 2018
By Melina Delkic
Melina Delkic
In an era in which breaking news is relentless, how many push alerts are too many?
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A Hong Kong Newspaper on a Mission to Promote China’s Soft Power
Date: 31 March 2018
By Javier C. Hernández
Javier Hernández
Since buying The South China Morning Post, the Chinese tech giant Alibaba has pumped in cash with a goal of using it to change how the West sees China.
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Laura Ingraham Takes a Week Off as Advertisers Drop Her Show
Date: 31 March 2018
By Jeffery C. Mays
Jeffery Mays
The Fox News host was criticized for saying that the Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was whining about getting rejected from colleges. Fox News said her vacation was preplanned.
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George Wallace Tapped Into Racial Fear. Decades Later, Its Force Remains Potent.
Date: 01 April 2018
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
His appeal to “forgotten” Americans is one of many parallels linking Mr. Wallace, remembered for conservatism and opposition to integration, to the trajectory of Donald J. Trump.
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Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Rented Residence From Wife of Energy Lobbyist
Date: 31 March 2018
By Brad Plumer and Eric Lipton
Brad Plumer
The environmental agency defended the arrangement, which Democrats criticized after earlier questions about Mr. Pruitt’s travel expenses.
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Pope Francis Delivers Plea for Peace in Easter Sunday Mass
Date: 01 April 2018
By The New York Times
Francis urged “reconciliation” in the Middle East and pressed for “the fruits of dialogue” to help address tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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Woman Injured by Sacramento Sheriff’s Vehicle at Stephon Clark Protest
Date: 01 April 2018
By Kayne Rogers and Matt Stevens
Kayne Rogers
The woman, whose injuries were minor, was at a demonstration denouncing the police killing last month of the unarmed black man in his grandmother’s backyard.
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In Somalia, Shabab Attacks Leave Ugandan Peacekeepers Dead
Date: 01 April 2018
By Jina Moore
Jina Moore
The Islamist militants claimed to have killed 59 Ugandans, but they are known to exaggerate. A peacekeeping spokesman put the death toll at four.
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Stacey Dash, Actress in ‘Clueless,’ Drops Out of Congressional Race
Date: 31 March 2018
By Matt Stevens
Matt Stevens
Ms. Dash had declared her candidacy for the House of Representatives in California’s 44th District, a Democratic stronghold in the Los Angeles suburbs.
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