Adoption in celebrity families and the media gaze
columnist Jacquelyn Mitchard argues that adoption status is overstated in coverage of families including Spielberg and O Connor while urging reporters to stop detailing whether children are adopted. She stresses that adopted and birth children are equally loved and part of the family.
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New York Times
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Steven Spielberg
Kate Capshaw
Big Ten
Spielberg
People Magazine
Carroll O’connor
Boston
Peru
Tom Cruise
Dan
Mitch
Mailbag
Art exhibit in Russell Building shows works by the mentally ill
The Truth From Darkness exhibit features 43 pieces by artists with mental illnesses. Senate rules chair John Warner admitted he axed two works described as risqué, amid controversy with the National Alliance for Mental Illness.
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Washington Post
Washington
Russell Senate
Senate Rules Committee
John Warner
R-Va
America
Warner
Eric Ruff
National Alliance For Mental Illness
Sarah Mentock
Wallace honored for courage amid Alabama desegregation legacy
Vivian Malone Jones, first black graduate at Alabama, received the Lurleen B. Wallace Award of Courage from George Wallace's family in Montgomery. Wallace, who blocked her 1963 entry, offered no remarks but had previously expressed regret. Kennedy Jr. attended, praising reconciliation while Jones noted ongoing social and economic injustices in the state.
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Ala
Vivian Malone Jones
George Wallace
University of Alabama
Wallace
George Wallace Jr
Jones
Mrs. Jones
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Alabama
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Cosby Snubs Mayor At Voting Event Photo Request
Bill Cosby refused a photographer's request to pose with Washington Mayor Marion Barry at a National Coalition on Black Voter Participation event honoring Cora Masters Barry last week. A Cosby spokesman said he is not a fan of the mayor and a joint photo could imply support. Barry's spokeswoman said he knew nothing of the request.
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Bill Cosby
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Coalition On
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Cosby
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