Four days after the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta field office of the F.B.I. directed a memo to a trusted adviser of J. Edgar Hoover, describing plans for a “huge memorial concert” at the Atlanta Braves’ stadium with Aretha Franklin, Sammy Davis Jr., Marlon Brando, Mahalia Jackson and … Continue reading F.B.I. Monitored Aretha Franklin for Years, File Shows
“Oh, no!” He cried. “They’re back!!!” . . . And they’re doing it AGAIN!! . . . And Americans are paying attention . . . . . . And somewhere, even Lincoln is listening . . . . . . But there’s hope, Abe!
Gannett announces new cuts including mandatory unpaid leave and buyouts poynter.org — October 12, 2022 By: Angela Fu Gannett Newspapers will be requiring employees to take one week of unpaid leave in December and is seeking volunteers for buyouts, CEO Mike Reed announced in a staff-wide email Wednesday. The company also has paused overall hiring … Continue reading Bad News: Top Newspaper Chain Sinking Fast
I did a great deal of reporting over the last year and a half on the turmoil in the white evangelical church in America. And . . . I can’t underscore this one enough, because I’ve spent a lot of time talking with leading religious figures, scholars, academics, people who know this world inside … Continue reading Quote of The Week: Guns & “Religious Fervor”
AP News: Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge AP News: Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge Associated Press — Oct. 11, 2023 BY MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA … Continue reading KA-POW! Kicking A*s Amid the Asteroids: NASA Knocks The Rock’s Socks Off!