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2019年6月19日 · RFK, the 42-year-old younger brother of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, served as U.S. Attorney General from 1961–1964 and was elected to the U.S. Senate to represent the state of New York in 1964. At the time of his assassination, Sen. Kennedy had just won the 1968 Democratic presidential primary election in California and was widely regarded as the candidate most likely to be ...

2024年12月18日 · If you drew up a list of the two dozen people most likely to become the 48th president of the United States, Gov. Brian Kemp’s name would probably be on it. So, halfway through his second and final term as governor, Kemp has decisions to make about his political future. And while the man in the governor’s mansion knows things that the rest of us cannot, from polling data and donor lists to ...

2024年4月3日 · “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” So begins 1984, author George Orwell’s frightening novel about citizens under the thrall of a dictatorship. “Big Brother is watching you” is a threat and a warning to the populace that is surveilled by the all-seeing eye of the “telescreen” that tracks their every move while also pacifying them with cheap ...

2024年11月4日 · This article was originally published at ProPublica. When Donald Trump was president, he repeatedly tried to raise the rent on at least 4 million of the poorest people in this country, many of them elderly or disabled. He proposed to cut the federal disability benefits of a quarter-million low-income children, on the grounds that someone else in their family was already receiving benefits. He ...

2024年11月13日 · In the summer of 2020, millions of protesters nationwide took to the streets after George Floyd died with his neck underneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer who’d stopped him on suspicion of passing a counterfeit bill, calling for his mother with his last breath. That included Athens, where some protesters were met with tear gas late at night. A couple weeks later, thousands more ...

2025年1月8日 · The Clarke County School District wants to opt out of a new state law capping how fast property tax assessments can rise, and is planning to hold three mandatory public hearings this month. Prompted by state legislators’ concerns about rapidly rising home values, and thus taxes, House Bill 581—ratified by Georgia voters in a November referendum—caps assessments at the rate of inflation ...

The actor and comedian known for his roles in Seinfeld, Family Guy and The Tick will perform his stand-up comedy act. 8 p.m. $30. www.marigoldauditorium.com

2024年10月31日 · Editor’s note: Thank you to all who participated and voted this year. You all brought the spooky to Athens! The following winners were chosen by Flagpole readers. Happy Halloween! 1st Place: Split between various scenes across the front of the house, this yard tells a story through ghoulish decor. To the left of the driveway sits a giant spider emerging from a tree and holding an unfortunate ...

2025年1月8日 · Happy New Year, y’all. In the interest of starting off on the right foot and prioritizing efficiency, I went ahead and wrapped up the whole year for you. Sure, you can keep on reading every week, and I’d appreciate that, too, but this is basically all you need to know about what happened in 2025. And, as in years past, this news is so surprising it’s literally unbelievable!* JANUARY: In ...