Uristocrat Notes: James Harden, a new bio of MLK Jr. and more
Welcome to the Uristocrat Notes for Monday, May 8th. Todays headlines:
- A new Biographer chronicles Martin Luther King Jr.
- Sports Roundup: NBA Playoffs - James Harden makes winning 3 in OT, Booker, Durant combine for 72 to tie series, Whats next for Formula one
- Watch the trailer for "Oppenheimer"
- The latest on free returns from e-commerce sites
Books
What Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s New Biographer Reveals
..“King: A Life” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), by Jonathan Eig, whose previous book was a biography of Muhammad Ali. Eig wants to give readers an alternative to the “defanged” version of King that endures in inspirational quotes. Eig’s new sources include the latest batch of files released by the F.B.I., which was surveilling King even more closely than he suspected; notes from Reddick; and remembrances from King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, who recorded her thoughts in the time after his killing. “The portrait that emerges here may trouble some people,” Eig writes
Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Perilous Power of Respectability
We revere the man and revile the strategy, but King knew what he was doing.
Why so many mass killings? Families, experts seek answers
Why so many mass killings? Families, experts seek answers - New York Amsterdam News
Over the first four months and six days of this year, 115 people have died in 22 mass killings — an average of one mass killing a week.
STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press, LARRY FENN, Associated Press
Sports Roundup: NBA Playoffs - James Harden makes winning 3 in OT, Booker, Durant combine for 72 to tie series, Whats next for Formula one
Sports Roundup: NBA Playoffs - James Harden makes winning 3 in OT, Booker, Durant combine for 72 to tie series, Whats next for Formula one
Welcome to the Uristocrat Sports Round up for Monday, May 8th. Todays headlines: * The 76ers win behind James Harden 3 in OT * Devin Booker and Kevin Durant combine for 72 to tie series * Latest NFL headlines * After Miami, What’s the Next Chapter for the American F1 Boom? Boston Celtics
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Film
Watch the trailer for Christopher Nolan's ‘Oppenheimer’ centered around Albert Einstein and starring Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr., and More
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A brand new trailer for “Oppenheimer,” the upcoming film from director Christopher Nolan, was released Monday by Universal Pictures in anticipation of the feature’s July debut. Se…
Katie Reul
Music
Yo-Yo Ma Goes Underground with the Louisville Orchestra
Yo-Yo Ma Goes Underground with the Louisville Orchestra
Teddy Abrams, the ensemble’s music director, has created a work about Mammoth Cave—and staged the piece inside its reverberating walls.
Consumer Reports
The Free-Returns Party Is Over
The Free-Returns Party Is Over
Generous return policies lured Americans to online shopping. Now who pays?
Amanda Mull
Biden pushing airlines to go beyond refunds for delayed or canceled flights
Biden pushing airlines to go beyond refunds for delayed or canceled flights
The announcement is another push by the White House to get ahead of a summer travel season that is predicted to exceed pre-pandemic travel levels in 2019.
Alex Daugherty
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