Assassinations
The Ones Who Survived: Reagan Ford Teddy Roosevelt and the Near-Misses
At least seven presidents survived assassination attempts — including Reagan shot within an inch of his heart and Ford targeted twice in 17 days in 1975.
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RFK: The Second Kennedy to Die by Assassination
Robert Kennedy was shot in the Ambassador Hotel kitchen in Los Angeles on June 5 1968 minutes after winning the California primary — and died the next morning.
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JFK: The Assassination That Broke America's Brain
Kennedy was shot in Dealey Plaza on November 22 1963 — and the murder of his accused killer two days later created a vacuum 60 years of conspiracy theories still fill.
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William McKinley: The Anarchist's Bullet
McKinley was shot September 6 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo by anarchist Leon Czolgosz — and died eight days later from gangrene.
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James Garfield: Killed by a Man Who Wanted a Government Job
Garfield was shot July 2 1881 and survived the bullet — then died 79 days later from infections his own doctors caused probing the wound.
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Abraham Lincoln: The Shot That Changed the Country
Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre on April 14 1865 — and his death handed Andrew Johnson the presidency and accelerated the collapse of Reconstruction.
Racial Terror
Racial Terror in American History
Four series covering four centuries of organized racial violence in America — from slave patrols to the Buffalo supermarket shooting of 2022.
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Racial Violence in Modern America
Three articles on racial violence from 1998 to the present — Charleston Buffalo El Paso and the data showing it never stopped after the civil rights era.
Racial Terror
White Supremacist Resurgence: The Movement That Never Left
White supremacy did not resurge — it evolved from Klan robes to encrypted apps and YouTube algorithms. The FBI calls racially motivated extremism America's top domestic terror threat.
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Hate Crimes in America: The Data Behind the Pattern
The FBI reports around 11000 hate crimes per year. The actual count is closer to 265000. Black Americans are the most targeted group every year since 1992.
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The Charleston Church Shooting: White Supremacy in a House of God
Dylann Roof killed nine Black parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on June 17 2015. He wanted to start a race war. A failed FBI background check let him buy his gun.
Racial Terror
Blood of the Civil Rights Movement
Seven articles on the violence against the civil rights movement — Emmett Till to Malcolm X. The legislation happened. Here is what it cost.