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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Jesse helms | History Defined

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. It was less than a week ago that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell was a front-runner to be the next governor…

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Rep. Rouzer talks tobacco farming and his time as a staffer for Jesse Helms

“I cut my teeth during the tobacco wars of the ’90s,” says North Carolina Republican Rep. David Rouzer of his staff days.

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Carol Moseley Braun, first black female senator: ’Sexism is harder to change than racism’

Trailblazing Illinois Democrat reflects on political career and says party is ‘in a daze’ about how to combat Trump

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Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today

The story of the AIDS movement is one of regular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. Some had lost friends or lovers. Some felt a moral calling. Some were just trying…

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US evangelical groups urge Trump to spare HIV/Aids program from aid cuts

Christian organizations helped create Pepfar, credited with preventing 25m early deaths, particularly in Africa

The Guardian - US

LeBron James, not Jordan, is the GOAT

Beyond the statistics, it's a matter of ideology – one that pits activism and solidarity vs. nostalgia and delusion

Salon

Ten songs that fought back against the PMRC

In 80s America, the Parents Music Resource Center sought to censor music by imposing a series of draconian rules. Here’s how a group of rock, metal and punk bands fought back

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Former congressman, Senate candidate Galifianakis dies at 94

A funeral will be held this weekend for former Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Galifianakis, who represented central North Carolina for several years before two unsuccessful Senate bids

The Independent UK

California Republican hopes to oust the GOP's national leader

Mounting frustration over GOP electoral losses has incited a contentious leadership battle that pits a prominent California Republican against the party's national leader.

Los Angeles Times

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story by Bono review – from Boy to Mandela

In his long but fascinating memoir, the self-confessed ‘speechifying’ U2 frontman isn’t shy of exploring the roots of his pomposity, faith and ‘white saviour’ activism

The Guardian - UK

Anti-LGBT Panics Are Bad for Everyone's Liberty

Politicians respond to often unfounded fears with aggressive laws that interfere with individual and family choices.

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