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Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas

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ALEX PUTTERMAN | JUN 4, 2017 | THE ATLANTIC The Atlanta Braves executive became the first black man to run a Major League Baseball team—but few have followed in his footsteps in the last 40 years. On September 19, 1976, the Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner promoted a man named Bill Lucas to vice president of player personnel. Though Turner, somewhat oddly, kept the … [Read more...] about Life in Black and White (Life in BaW): The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas

HOW THE SIX-DAY WAR CHANGED ISRAEL’S MIND

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Bernard Avishai | 5 June 2017 | THE NEW YORKER Fifty years ago today, on June 5, 1967, we awoke to the news that the war we had dreaded was begun—and decided. I was eighteen, had just finished my freshman year at McGill, and was living with my father, who had been a Zionist leader in Montreal during the nineteen-fifties and had recently married an Israeli woman. … [Read more...] about HOW THE SIX-DAY WAR CHANGED ISRAEL’S MIND

Sudan, Egypt talk but make little headway to defuse tensions

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2017-06-05 | News24 Cairo - Officials from Sudan and Egypt on Saturday held "honest" and "transparent" discussions following months of tension between the two Afro-Arab neighbors, but appeared to make little headway to patch up their differences, primarily over a border region held by Cairo and claimed by Khartoum. Sudan's visiting foreign minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, … [Read more...] about Sudan, Egypt talk but make little headway to defuse tensions

Zimbabwe to send incandescent light bulb sellers to jail – report

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News24 Correspondent | 2017-06-05 | News24 Harare - Here's one to strike fear into the hearts of powercut-fearing Zimbabweans: if the authorities find you selling one of those old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, you could end up in jail. The state-owned Chronicle newspaper reports that police and officials from the tax authority will be conducting raids on shops … [Read more...] about Zimbabwe to send incandescent light bulb sellers to jail – report