William H. Luers, Diplomat Who Backed Czech Dissident Leader, Dies at 95
In 1983, William H. Luers, a new American ambassador to Czechoslovakia, bet on a long shot for its future: Vaclav ...
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Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88
Joseph S. Nye Jr., an influential figure in shaping American national security policy, who wrote seminal books on foreign affairs, ...
Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first ...
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of ...
J. Bennett Johnston, 92, Dies; Senator Helped Shape U.S. Energy Policy
J. Bennett Johnston Jr., a Louisiana Democrat who as a four-term United States senator helped shape America’s energy and science ...
Kitty Dukakis, Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88
Perhaps the most enduring public moment for Mrs. Dukakis during the campaign was a debate question posed about her. The ...
Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme ...
Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90
Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness ...
David Boren, an Oklahoma Eminence as Governor and Senator, Dies at 83
David L. Boren, a popular reform-minded Democrat who led Oklahoma as its governor and then represented it for three terms ...
Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86
The sit-in movement that began at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., in 1960 and soon spread to other ...
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