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Chris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book 'Countdown 1960
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe CNN anchor has written a book on the race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, narrowly...
What’s a Non-White Voter Anyway?
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom the Stirewalt on Politics on The Dispatch John F. Kennedy, making a speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) The Last Hurrah was a very fine...
Lynne Reid Banks versus Hollywood: the ‘savage’ controversy behind The Indian in the Cupboard
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe recent death of the author Lynne Reid Banks, at the remarkable age of 94, has led to the usual...
Reclusive author Harper Lee spoke to the world through 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSixty years ago, the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences awarded the film “To Kill a...
The 15 most banned books in America this school year
LA Times via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMaia Kobabe with her book "Gender Queer: A Memoir" at North Sonoma Regional Park in Santa Rosa. (Josh Edelson / For the Times) The recent surge in book...
When Might AI Outsmart Us? It Depends Who You Ask
Time via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCredit - Illustration By James Steinberg for TIME In 1960, Herbert Simon, who went on to win both the Nobel Prize for economics and the Turing Award for...
Nassim: My summer reading list, and a few recommendations from Mr. T too
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPeople sometimes say to me: “You’ve read a lot about autism and developmental disability, and you’ve...
Ruby Bridges, desegregation trailblazer, writes kids book
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRuby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to...
Wisconsin root beer challenge: Can you identify these five brands in a blind taste test?
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRoot beer is weird soda. It lacks an easily definable flavor like cherry, grape or orange. Thus,...
Loretta Lynn Slammed Rumors She Was on Her ‘Death Bed’ 3 Years Before She Died—How She Passed
STYLECASTER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs one of country music’s greatest legends, it’s understandable why fans have questions over how...