Remembering “Punch” Sulzberger: The Man Who Changed Journalism
Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, the late publisher of the New York Times, is most celebrated – and rightly so – for his decision to go forward with publication the Pentagon Papers in1971. Punch was not...
View ArticleHarvesting Labor Rights: Chavez’s UFW At 50
On September 30, 1962, legendary Chicano civil rights activist Cesar Chavez founded what would become the United Farm Workers of America—and with migrant labor a focus of the U.S. political debate, the...
View ArticleThe American Quixote: The Death of George McGovern (1922-2012)
In the history of lost causes, the figure of George McGovern casts a poignant shadow. His run for the White House in 1972 ended in one of the biggest electoral defeats in American presidential history....
View Article‘Always Smiling’: Portraits of Conn. Victims
Most died at the very start of their young lives, tiny victims taken in a way not fit no matter one’s age. Others found their life’s work in sheltering these little ones, teaching them, caring for...
View ArticleFunerals at Christmastime: Newtown Prepares to Mourn
UPDATED: Dec. 16, 2012 The village of Sandy Hook is what most would expect of a small town: neighbors leave their doors unlocked at night and residents not only know your name, they also know what kind...
View ArticleSandy Hook Shooting: The Names of the Dead
Names and ages of the 26 people gunned down at a Connecticut elementary school Friday in the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history: Charlotte Bacon, 6 Daniel Barden, 7 Rachel Davino, 29...
View ArticleRemembering Jack Pinto: Young Brothers Recall a Six-Year Old Victim
Hours before the official list of victims’ names had been released, Thomas Leuci, 13, had already learned that at least one person he knew did not make it out of Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday. “One...
View ArticleSandy Hook Victim Dylan Hockley: A ‘Beautiful Butterfly’ Whose Life Was Cut...
A blue-eyed first grader at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Dylan Christopher Jack Hockley loved trampolines, plain spaghetti with garlic bread and the color purple. On Friday, purple was...
View ArticleRichard Adams, Early Figure in Gay Marriage, Dies
(LOS ANGELES) — Richard Adams, an early mover in the push for same-sex marriage both at the altar and in the courts, has died. Attorney Lavi Soloway says Adams died last Monday at his Hollywood home at...
View ArticleDesert Storm Commander Norman Schwarzkopf Dies
(WASHINGTON) — Truth is, retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname. The seemingly no-nonsense Desert Storm commander’s reputed temper with aides and...
View ArticleThe Last Ride of the Devil of Ramadi: Sniper Chris Kyle’s Final Mission
To his enemies, he was the “Devil of Ramadi,” an unseen terror who harried insurgents with his rifle during Operation Iraqi Freedom, often from an impossible remove. He served four tours of duty. He...
View ArticleCEO Paul McIlhenny of Tabasco Sauce Company Dies
(AVERY ISLAND, La.) — Paul C.P. McIlhenny, chief executive and chairman of the board of the McIlhenny Co. that makes the trademarked line of Tabasco hot pepper sauces sold the world over, has died. He...
View ArticleC. Everett Koop, Ex-Surgeon General, Dies in NH
With his long silver beard and white braided uniform, former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop became one of the most recognizable figures of the Reagan era — and one of the most unexpectedly enduring....
View ArticleAward-Winning Journalist Michael Hastings Dies
(LOS ANGELES) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los...
View ArticleA Year After Aurora Shooting, Colo. Seeks Healing
(AURORA, Colo.) — Some recited the names of the dead. Some did good deeds for their neighbors. Some practiced yoga, walked through nature, or simply talked. And two got married. Coloradans embraced...
View ArticleThousands Honor Elvis Presley at Graceland Vigil
(MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Elvis Presley fans from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland on Thursday to pay their respects to the rock n’ roll icon with a solemn candlelight vigil on the...
View ArticleNYC Street to be Renamed for Newtown, Conn., Boy
(NEW YORK) — A New York City street will be renamed in honor of a 6-year-old boy who died in the elementary school massacre in Connecticut in December. The Daily News (http://nydn.us/16YuGS0 ) reports...
View ArticleMom of Sandy Hook Victim Thanks Educators
(NEWTOWN, Conn.) — The mother of one of the 26 victims of last December’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School is wishing educators “courage, faith and love” as they start a new school year. In a...
View ArticleHolder, Rice to Mark Alabama Bombing Anniversary
(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are among those gathering in Birmingham to mark the 50th anniversary of a Ku Klux Klan bombing that...
View ArticleRemembering “Punch” Sulzberger: The Man Who Changed Journalism
Arthur Ochs “Punch” Sulzberger, the late publisher of the New York Times, is most celebrated – and rightly so – for his decision to go forward with publication the Pentagon Papers in1971. Punch was not...
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