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SOURCE: The Conversation
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by Trevor Griffey
An article just published by the U.K.-based Standpoint Magazine alleges that civil rights icon Martin Luther King witnessed and even celebrated a woman’s rape.
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The Red Scare: From the Palmer Raids to Joseph McCarthy to Donald Trump
by Ronald L. Feinman
Trump has learned very well from prior anti-Communism crusaders, and it requires vigilance and activism to cope with the threat he represents every day.
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SOURCE: NYT
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The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
by Margaret O’Mara
Choices that Congress made decades ago allowed tech giants to become as powerful as they are.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
12-13-17
‘You are done’: A secret letter to Martin Luther King Jr. sheds light on FBI’s malice
The secret letter was tucked inside the pages of an old book. It had been written by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to a top lieutenant, condemning civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
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J Edgar Hoover’s oversteps: Why FBI directors are forbidden from getting cozy with presidents
by Douglas M. Charles
How are U.S. presidents and FBI directors supposed to communicate?
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