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The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
Read full article: The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to turn away from.
Betty Prashker, publisher of the feminist classics 'Sexual Politics' and 'Backlash,' dies at age 99
Read full article: Betty Prashker, publisher of the feminist classics 'Sexual Politics' and 'Backlash,' dies at age 99Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett’s “Sexual Politics” and Susan Faludi’s “Backlash,” died July 30 at age 99.
Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil War
Read full article: Erik Larson's next book closely tracks the months leading up to the Civil WarThe next book by Erik Larson, known for the best-selling “The Devil in the White City,” is a work of Civil War history inspired in part by current events.
White House: Trump church visit akin to Churchill WWII role
Read full article: White House: Trump church visit akin to Churchill WWII roleLike Churchill, we saw him inspecting the bombing damage and it sent a powerful message of leadership to the British people," she said. For this president, it was powerful and important to send a message that the rioters, the looters, the anarchists, they will not prevail, McEnany said. Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz, said he was disgusted by McEnanys comparison. Religious leaders, including Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, have fiercely criticized Trump over the tactics used against demonstrators. And its only the other side that didnt like it.Trump has praised the leadership of Churchill before.