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This is the LEFT HOOK that almost ended Muhammad Ali’s career before it started
From The Context. #boxing #history Muhammad Ali’s fight with Henry Cooper wasn’t supposed to be close, but Henry Cooper gave Muhammad Ali the punch that could have ended his career before it even started. Henry Cooper wasn’t supposed to be a threat to Muhammad Ali’s chances at taking on the then-heavyweight champion of the world,…
The Weird Sport that Football Comes From
From The Context. #history #football The history of football is a winding one. Because of the British Empire, British forms of football would take over globally. The question that we sought to answer was where does football come from? We argue that the origin of Rugby, Soccer, and American Football is a game called the…
The United States needs a Fourth Branch of government
From The Context. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheContextNews Twitter / IG: @thecontextnews The United States has had this nagging flaw in its design. It was made with three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) and it turns out that that’s not enough. That fact is made abundantly clear through the story of Inspector General Glenn Fine. A…
Debunking Misinformation on Race and Policing
From The Context. Conservative media personalities say a lot of mumbo jumbo when it comes to race and policing. We’re debunking it here. References: "How Dangerous is Police Work?" (also independently verified by THE CONTEXT) LINK: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-23/how-dangerous-is-police-work WaPo Police Shootings Database. LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/ See the Mapping Police Violence Project for a similar, additional database. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/investigations/police-shootings-database/…
Griswold vs. Connecticut: the most important Supreme Court case you’ve never heard of
From The Context. After Brown vs. Board and Roe vs. Wade, Griswold vs. Connecticut is arguably the most important Supreme Court case of the 20th Century. It establishes a Right to Privacy that lives on in various forms today. That was controversial because the word “Privacy” doesn’t actually show up in the US Constitution. The…
What’s Wrong with the News in America
From The Context. Trust in news media has been at historic lows for almost a decade. THE CONTEXT looks at some big failures in news media the past few years and discusses some of the underlying root causes to those failures. The internet has made the news in America more competitive than it’s been in…
Trump’s Winning Strategy that he Abandoned to Defeat
From The Context. It’s been reported that Donald Trump has banned the very mention of Richard Nixon in the final days of his term, but the comparisons aren’t without parallels. Sure, impeachment and approval ratings are one parallel, but when you dig into the arcs of each President you’ll find similar campaign strategies, news media…