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| Good evening, we hope you all had a great weekend. Today we're rounding up the weekend. We'll into a Biden/Trump rematch, getting old and a thought about suicide prevention. |
| We'll start with the death of a cultural icon. |
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| By Eileen Rivers |
 | | 'Star Trek' originals: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner Nichelle Nichols and DeForest Kelley. | | Handout | |
| It feels like America and specifically Black America has lost its last great connection to Hollywood's civil rights movement. Lt. Uhura. Nichelle Nichols. The iconic star whose sheen never tarnished, died Saturday at the age of 89. |
| As a Black girl born in the 1970s, the original run of "Star Trek" was long over by the time I knew anything about television. But I came to know Uhura. I grew to love all things science fiction and fantasy, and I craved the reruns of the original series: A strident captain. A Vulcan who prized logic over emotion. (READ MORE) |
The columns you'll want to read |
| ► Why in the world are national Democrats meddling in this Republican's primary race? They're obviously worried that he's the strongest candidate to face the Democratic challenger in the fall. |
| ► Eight-year-old Sofia sits beside me, in a park in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, next door to Bucha, in a now placid neighborhood where this year Russian soldiers massacred hundreds of civilians. |
| ► We have to tell our stories. "Abortion is evil." I understand. But some of us might not get to choose pregnancy. Under abortion laws in some states, the most vulnerable of us might not get to choose to become mothers. |
| ► Gun suicides claim more lives than gun murders. A study involving a cohort of more than 26 million California residents found the rate of suicide by firearm was nearly eight times as high among men who own handguns as that among men who don't own handguns. |
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| By Scott Jennings |
| President Joe Biden and Donald Trump are badly damaged brands. The current president has a job approval in the 30s as the country grapples with massive inflation, and the former president disgraced himself on Jan. 6, 2021. |
 | | President Joe Biden speaks about "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. | | Susan Walsh, AP | |
| Most Americans would rather pick two random names out of the Peoria phone book to run for president than listen to two these two grandpas squabble for two straight years. (READ MORE) |
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| By Connie Schultz |
| In recent days, I turned 65. Still wide-faced, still laughing, especially as I give the same answer, over and over: "No, I'm not retiring." |
| There are many good reasons to have friends of all ages, and never has this seemed more vital than now, as so many people I love and respect retire. One minute you're in the trenches together, united in the cause. Overnight, you're standing alone in the ditch as your Instagram feed fills with former comrades' posts about starting their day any way they want "because I can. #retired." (READ MORE) |
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