Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail.
Katherine Lee
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John Lewis memorialized as the ‘conscience of the Congress’
Lawmakers are gathering to pay tribute to the long-time Georgia lawmaker and icon of the civil rights movement.
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Republicans seek to cut unemployment payments in virus relief plan
The supplemental unemployment benefits would be cut from $600 weekly to $200 until states are able to create a system that would provide 70% of a laid-off worker’s previous pay.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Boston’s Black soldiers monument faces scrutiny amid racial reckoning
Amid the national reckoning on racism, an unlikely monument is facing scrutiny: a Boston memorial to a famed Civil War unit made up of Black soldiers
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Emmy nominations 2020: ‘Watchmen’ or ‘Mrs. America’? Predictions for the top races
The show, probably a virtually gathering, will go on, scheduled to take place Sept. 20.
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A Civil War reenactment in Florida ends after 40 years
The reenactment phenomenon is fading everywhere, even in strongholds like Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump, Senate ally vow Confederate base names won’t change
The House and Senate versions of a bill that would rename them were approved by veto-proof margins this week.
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Virus-shadowed Emmy nods could bring surprises, diversity
TV has been America’s constant companion amid the coronavirus and a whirlwind of racial reckoning.
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Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama’s podcast debut
The first guest of Michelle Obama’s new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice.
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Movie theaters implore studios: Release the blockbusters
Hollywood has now gone more than four months without a major theatrical release.