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‘Would I sit down with Tommy Robinson? It’s not a definite no’: lessons from people who fought the far right in the 70s, 80s and beyond

10. Oktober 2026 um 06:00

Extremists are on the rise globally – but UK activists have seen them off in the past in everything from football, politics, music and more. How did they do it?

Tariq Mehmood encountered the far right early – at primary school. “When white children surround you in the playground and sing, ‘God made little black people, he made them in the night, he made them in a hurry, and forgot to paint them white’, and the school doesn’t clamp down on that, then you’re living within the far right. It’s not one organisation, it’s a mass movement.”

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© Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

© Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

© Photograph: Fabio De Paola/The Guardian

Donor Gives $3 Billion to Carnegie Mellon, the Largest University Gift Ever

30. September 2026 um 13:38
The donation by Kenneth Griffin, intended mostly to help build a campus in Miami, was the biggest single gift in the history of U.S. higher education.

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The donation from the hedge fund executive Kenneth C. Griffin is more than the record $2 billion gift given to Oregon Health and Science University recently.

How Louisiana’s New Surgeon General Wants to Transform Public Health

17. August 2026 um 21:18
Dr. Evelyn Griffin is pushing for more emphasis on wellness and prevention. She has also aligned with the MAHA movement in fighting government mandates and questioning the safety of some vaccines.

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Dr. Evelyn Griffin, Louisiana’s surgeon general, testified in May about a bill that would have prohibited businesses and schools from mandating new vaccines or other medical interventions.

Billionaires Made 19% of Federal Election Campaign Contributions in 2024

09. März 2026 um 09:00
Billionaires made 19 percent of all reported federal campaign contributions in 2024, a Times analysis shows, and even more in some local elections. Wealthy donors are reaping the rewards.

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Protesters demonstrated outside the Supreme Court in 2019 as Senate Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment to overturn the court’s decision that lifted many campaign finance restrictions.
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