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Analysis by John Blake, CNN (CNN) — He stood 6-foot-1, weighed 190 pounds and moved with the grace of an athlete. A sharp dresser who favored linen shirts and stylish ties, Bayard Rustin sported a Clark Gable mustache and adopted a British accent that gave him an even more courtly bearing. There was no civil

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A judge in Colorado confirmed the feeling of many Americans when she ruled Friday, after hearing a week’s worth of evidence, that by inciting the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump engaged in insurrection against the country. But Colorado District Judge Sarah

CNN Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Let’s be clear: Osama bin Laden was not a deep thinker but the leader of a group responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and other Westerners, along with tens of thousands of people in Muslim-majority countries. So the fact that people on TikTok are extolling bin

Opinion by Peter Bergen, CNN (CNN) — Let’s be clear: Osama bin Laden was not a deep thinker but the leader of a group responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans and other Westerners, along with tens of thousands of people in Muslim-majority countries. So the fact that people on TikTok are extolling bin Laden’s

Opinion by Fatma Ashour Khan Younis, Gaza (CNN) — A month and 10 days without water, without electricity and without fuel. This makes life almost tragic. You take a shower once every two weeks, if you are lucky. We, women, had to cut our hair because there isn’t enough water. And there isn’t enough time.

Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — The most anticipated season of “The Crown” has arrived, and no one’s losing much sleep over the Queen this time. The undisputed star of season six — or at least, of the first four episodes released this week — is the late Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki. This installment,

CNN Opinion by Holly Thomas (CNN) — The most anticipated season of “The Crown” has arrived, and no one’s losing much sleep over the Queen this time. The undisputed star of season six — or at least, of the first four episodes released this week — is the late Princess Diana, played by Elizabeth Debicki. This

Opinion by Aviva Klompas (CNN) — Editor’s note: Aviva Klompas is the former director of speechwriting at the Israeli Mission to the United Nations and co-founder of Boundless Israel, a nonprofit organization that partners with community leaders in the United States to support Israel education and combat hatred of Jews. The opinions expressed in this commentary are

Opinion by Megan L. Ranney and Katelyn Jetelina (CNN) — A physician friend recently shared something shocking. Her patient had been putting off a much-needed colonoscopy, despite a strong family history of colon cancer. The reason? The patient had heard online a false rumor that doctors were surreptitiously administering Covid-19 vaccines while patients were sedated — and

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria (CNN) — Between the tragic, ongoing war in Gaza and the Biden-Xi summit, one crucial global crisis is in danger of being forgotten — the war in Ukraine. And this is a terrible time for it to be slipping from public consciousness because Ukraine faces trouble on two fronts. As the

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Before the Bell is taking a break for the

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — When was the last time you saw a live television news report from Ukraine? It’s likely been a while. The raging war in the Middle East has put the prolonged war in Eastern Europe largely on the back burner, in terms of media coverage, with Vladimir Putin’s campaign

Analysis by Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s sovereign didn’t celebrate his 75th birthday with an extravagant soiree or an over-the-top display of pageantry on Tuesday. Instead, he followed his mother’s tradition of marking the occasion in a low-key fashion and threw himself into his work. In doing so, the King’s

Opinion by Joan Steinau Lester (CNN) — My wife and I were recently invited to Thanksgiving dinner at the home of a friend. At the bottom of the invitation, printed in bold letters, were the words, “No Politics Discussed.” I read those words with a deep feeling of relief. “No Politics Discussed” would — as

Analysis by Allison Morrow, CNN New York (CNN) — Elon Musk has publicly endorsed an antisemitic conspiracy theory popular among White supremacists: that Jewish communities push “hatred against Whites.” That kind of overt thumbs up to an antisemitic post shocked even some of Musk’s critics, who have long called him out for using racist or

Opinion by Hussein Ibish (CNN) — The most important factor in determining the political outcome of Israel’s current war will not take place in Gaza — but will instead unfold in the West Bank. That’s because if Israel really wants to deliver a serious long-term blow to Hamas as a potent political movement among the

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Israel could not have asked for a better friend than President Joe Biden. In the anguished aftermath of the horror unleashed by Hamas on October 7, Biden grieved with Israelis as though he was one of them. As global anger mounted at the thousands of civilian deaths in

Analysis by Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 million people woke last week to a thick, acrid, and noxious smog that settled densely across the Indian capital. Primary schools were forced to shut, vehicles restricted from traveling on roads and construction brought to a halt as a hazy gray enveloped New Delhi, blocking

Analysis by Zachary Wolf, CNN (CNN) — A few people can make a very big scene. It was just a line of cars that shut down the Bay Bridge between Oakland and San Francisco, stopping traffic headed in the direction of a meeting of world leaders that included US President Joe Biden and Chinese President

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — A damning report by the House Ethics Committee seems to have done what criminal indictments could not: bring the turbulent saga of Republican Rep. George Santos of New York to the conclusion an increasing number of observers have been hoping for. He has announced he will not seek reelection next year. While