The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators. He spoke tirelessly for the ...

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Despite being president for only four years—from March 1861 to April 1865—Abraham Lincoln was incredibly influential. He led the nation through the dark days of the Civil War, wrote and delivered the ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. About three years ago, Stacey Tang, a manager in a pharmaceuticals company in Beijing, received a peculiar ...

General Kane: I object. The princesa is too young to be queen. Costa Luna and Costa Estrella are two tiny countries that must unite and stand together against the world. So for the good of both ...

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