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Larry Tye

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  • RFK speaking at the Ambassador Hotel in LA, moments before he was shot on June 5, 1968.

    How Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassination Derailed American Politics

    The idealistic presidential candidate was on the verge of seizing control of the 1968 race just as Sirhan Sirhan’s bullet struck.
    by Larry Tye via Politico Magazine on September 2, 2021
  • An American flag with the stars replaced by Chiquita logos and the stripes containing the words "The United Fruit Co. in Guatemala"

    Watch Out For the Top Banana

    Edward Bernays and the colonial adventures of the United Fruit Company.
    by Larry Tye via Cabinet on September 4, 2006

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