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Friday, 05 November 2021

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Democrats can avoid midterm election disaster by running on their actual agenda

People's World 03 Nov 2021

Democrats in Virginia can’t say they didn’t see it coming ... Trumpism without Trump ... Stephen B. Morton / AP ... The mom in the spot, Laura Murphy, was angry that her son’s Advanced Placement English class had been assigned Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Beloved, which portrays the graphic reality of slavery in all its crushing details ... ... .

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McAuliffe, Youngkin tout national stakes in final Virginia blitz

Politico 01 Nov 2021

Elections McAuliffe, Youngkin tout national stakes in final Virginia blitz. The two candidates for governor are imploring supporters to send a message that goes well beyond Virginia ... ... ... ... The reading assignment that inspired that parent’s push? The Pulitzer-winning “Beloved” by Toni Morrison, assigned to her then-senior-year son in an AP English class.

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Halloween shows us you can’t keep a good spook down. And nor should you

The Observer 31 Oct 2021

“Ghosts therefore may be seen as a bridge of light between the past and the present, or between the living and the dead.” This phenomenon is not exclusive to the English tradition; Toni Morrison’s Beloved opens with one of the most disturbing depictions in literature of a house holding on to past trauma.

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Zondo strikes first double-ton as Dolphins prosper

Supersport 30 Oct 2021

Ottniel Baartman and Thando Ntini quickly accounted for openers Yaseen Vallie (3) and Tony de Zorzi (6) and it was then left to David Bedingham, a huge success on the English county circuit last winter, to impress for Province.

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Daily Telegraph Bush Summit 2021 Panel Discussion – Trade Relations & Opportunities Part 1 Australia’s ...

The Daily Telegraph Australia 29 Oct 2021

Ben English, Tony Abbott, Barry O’Farrell, Graham Fletcher and Elizabeth Cox discuss Trade Relations & Opportunities at the 2021 Daily Telegraph Bush Summit ....

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Pence delivers campaign-like speech on schools as 2024 speculation mounts

Yahoo Daily News 29 Oct 2021

"Thank you for your courage ... Terry McAuliffe. In the final days of an unexpectedly tight race, Youngkin has made his closing message all about schools — releasing an ad Monday featuring a woman who advocated to ban Toni Morrison's "Beloved," a staple of high school English programs about the horrors of slavery.Story continues ... .

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Excavation into Roman amphitheatre in England uncovers arena holding cell

Belfast Telegraph 28 Oct 2021

An excavation into a Roman amphitheatre has uncovered evidence of a holding cell for those who were about to meet their fate in the arena, English Heritage has revealed ... (English Heritage). Jim Holden/English Heritage ... (English Heritage) ... (English Heritage). Jim Holden/English Heritage ... (English Heritage) ... (English Heritage). Jim Holden/English Heritage.

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GOP attack involving Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’ inflames Virginia governor race

Hartford Courant 28 Oct 2021

A new online advertisement released this week by Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate, features a mother who pushed to have Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” banned from her son’s English curriculum eight years ago, citing the book’s graphic scenes.

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GOP attack involving Toni Morrison novel inflames Virginia contest

Indian Express 28 Oct 2021

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Every Edgar Wright Movie, Ranked: From Fried Gold to Evil Exes

The Wrap 28 Oct 2021

Director Edgar Wright’s newest genre-blending bouillabaisse “Last Night in Soho” opens nationwide this week ... How’s that for a slice of fried gold?. 8. A Fistful of Fingers (1995). Photo ... 7 ... A celebration of Tony Scott and Michael Bay-style macho action movies set in a sleepy English hamlet, “Hot Fuzz” is a lot of fun but ultimately wares out its welcome.

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Virginia candidate for governor accused of ‘racist dog whistle’ over Toni Morrison’s ‘Beloved’

The Grio 27 Oct 2021

... a campaign against the seminal Toni Morrison novel, Beloved ... A new ad for Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin features a Virginia mother, who tried to get Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "Beloved," removed from her son's AP English curriculum.

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Mother featured in Youngkin ad, pushed to ban Toni Morrison's book "Beloved"

Democratic Underground 26 Oct 2021

Laura Murphy, the mother featured in this ad, pushed to get Toni Morrisons novel Beloved banned from her sons AP English curriculum ...

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'Son' Frightened by Black Novel in Glenn Youngkin Ad Is Actually a 27-Year-Old GOP Lawyer

Newsweek 26 Oct 2021

The incident from Youngkin's ad actually occurred in 2011 when a teen in an advanced English class said a Toni Morrison novel gave him "night terrors." ....

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Glen Youngkin Wants to Ban Toni Morrison’s Beloved

The New Republic 26 Oct 2021

Here is the most embarrassing thing I can think of. You are a high school senior. You read Beloved, Toni Morrison’s searing novel about slavery and family, as part of an AP English class. Then, you have a nightmare about the book. For some reason, despite being 17, or perhaps even 18 years old, you tell your mother about this ... .

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Republican attack ad features Virginia mother who wanted to ban a classic novel from her ...

Alternet 26 Oct 2021

A Youngkin ad airing this week features Laura Murphy, the Fairfax County mother who pushed to have author Toni Morrison's classic 1987 novel "Beloved" banned from her son's high school English curriculum in 2013 ... Laura Murphy - McAuliffe Shut Us Out (.60) www.youtube.com ... It was some of the most explicit material you can imagine."