And in the nineteenth century, religious revivals, the labor movement, African American communities, and other popular movements organized circles that fused reading with collective action.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Aug. 2026
The phrase fused long-standing claims that alligators preferred Black flesh with newer stories of Black children being used to attract the reptiles.
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The Conversation,
The Conversation,
11 Aug. 2026
After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC.
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Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
19 Aug. 2026
In September 2023, these committees coalesced into the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a unified body intended to coordinate mobilization across the region.
At Christmas, snow machines cover the grounds while lights are strung through the trees and holiday music plays all day.
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Emma Madden,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Aug. 2026
In fact, Jaissle, with his emotional touchline demeanour and obsessive tactical demands, comes across more as a highly-strung indie-rock songwriter/front man.
Yet these subjects are often united by a kind of nostalgia—or more precisely, the kind of nostalgia induced by pop culture artifacts.
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Geoffrey O’Brien,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Aug. 2026
Her five siblings, citing a tag-along provision and majority vote, are united in selling, while Jeanie references a 2017 court ruling requiring co-trustee approval.
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