Concerning Violence: Americans’ growing acceptance of political violence may lead to escalating bloodshed. Here, a courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen, seated center, the California man arrested in the shooting incident at the Correspondents’ Dinner, in federal court, April 30, 2026 in Washington.

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by Robert J. Shapiro May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

Surveys show that large swaths of Americans, across parties and political beliefs, accept and even endorse political violence.

Martin Luther King Files and their sudden release raises question. The author, Leta McCullough Zeletsky, is in the files thanks to her father, an undercover Memphis police officer, who there when the civil rights leader was slain.

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by Leta McCollough Seletzky January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

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