April 17, 2025
I’m Nick Lehr, The Conversation’s Arts and Culture editor, and I’ve been called off the bench to sub in for Fritz, who’s on a Eurotrip this week. Hopefully, he’ll remember to come back.
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Last month, a 6th grade history teacher in Idaho was ordered to remove a poster from her classroom with what message, deemed too controversial by school district officials?
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When Cory Booker made a 25-hour Senate floor speech denouncing the Trump administration, whose record did he break for the longest in the history of the U.S. Senate?
Hillary Clinton’s speech favoring the passage of the Freedom of Information Act, during which she read aloud all her emails.
Ted Cruz’s speech denouncing Obamacare, which included his reading “Green Eggs and Ham.”
Bob Menendez’s stem-winder calling for a return to the gold standard.
Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of the Civil Rights Act, in which he gave tips on cooking collard greens.
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Protesters have been dressing up as which character at anti-government demonstrations in Turkey, the U.S. and Israel?
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According to a recent survey by the University of Delaware’s Center for Political Communication, Americans who expressed “a lot” or a “great deal” of trust in Elon Musk are also more likely to agree with the following statement:
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Which species was captured on camera for the first time on April 15?
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April 17 marked the 200th anniversary of an agreement between Haiti and France dictating that the former French colony …
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This 'export' − the United States’ 10th largest − is being threatened by visa revocations and international concern:
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On April 9, President Trump issued an anti-regulatory executive order titled …
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