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An American Gangster at 100: J. Edgar Hoover's Authoritarian Legacy
Reason.com via AOL· 2 days agoIllustration: Lex Villena On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil...
Opinion | Why Did My Father Have an FBI File?
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoJ. Edgar Hoover’s abuse of the bureau hit home for me decades later.
Animal rescue becomes a ‘full-time unpaid job’ | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 5 hours agoJanie Smith retired from her long-time job with the federal government in December 2012, but she...
On This Day, May 10: IRS apologizes for targeting Tea Party, 'patriots'
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 1908, Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the United States. In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover...
Today in History: John Wayne Gacy executed
Chicago Tribune· 2 days agoOn May 10, 1994, the state of Illinois executed serial killer John Wayne Gacy, 52, for the murders of 33 young men and boys.
This week in history: May 6–13
World Socialist Web Site· 6 days agoOn May 7, 1999, US and NATO warplanes carried out their most devastating raids in seven weeks of increasingly savage bombardment of Yugoslavia, bombing...
Trump says new FBI headquarters should be in DC
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFormer President Trump said Tuesday that he supports keeping the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C., amid ongoing controversy over the bureau’s new...
Protests, Then and Now ❧ Current Affairs
Current Affairs· 5 days agoBack then, the protestors were characterized by Vice President Hubert Humphrey as “feeble, futile, and unnecessary.” FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover ...
When Anarchists Were Public Enemy Number One
New York Times· 1 day agoAn entertaining new history by Steven Johnson explores an explosive moment when terror and nascent surveillance collided. Clyde Haberman is a...
VCU raises the cost of tuition
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoThe university needed to increase tuition, leaders said, to cover new costs and to invest in how the school educates students.