Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter) and Martha Promise Ledbetter. February 1935.
Cochran: Election went so well, no need to bring back Voting Rights Act.
Molly Crabapple on Syrians caught between ISIS and Assad.
A lot of calculations over recent weeks (in addition to a lot of political data and history) have assumed that Democratic senate nominee Travis Childers not only couldn’t beat entrenched longtime incumbent Thad Cochran but that he couldn’t even beat the erratic Tea Partier on overdrive Chris McDaniel. Now at least some people are wondering if that’s still true. And I’m at least starting to as well.
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Trying to thread a balance between doctrine and the 21st world, Pope Francis issues new document recommending a new pastoral openness to same sex families while maintaining Church doctrine on marriage.
We’ve been documenting nearly every day another in the relentless series of tragic incidents involving children and guns. So it’s difficult to imagine addressing the issue of children and gun safety in a way that would make you laugh. But these guys figured it out. Pitch perfect.
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