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From left: Mary Richardson Kennedy, her ex husband RFK Jr, Jackie Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy. Chris Urso/Alison Dinner/AP/zz/Stephen Trupp/STAR MAX/IPx, AAP

RFK Jr’s animal antics are bizarre – but his treatment of women, along with a litany of Kennedy men, is far more disturbing

Kathryn Shine, Curtin University

Do the Kennedys deserve to remain a power centre in American life and politics? A disturbing new book wonders, while chronicling decades of reckless, entitled treatment of women by various Kennedy men.
Donald Trump flanked by two of his children, Ivanka and Donald Jr. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Sultan Donald Trump?

Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University

A political scientist looks at the similarities between the new American president and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. What might the parallels portend for US politics?
During his 1966 visit to South Africa, US Senator Robert F Kennedy met with ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli. Shoreline Productions

The time ‘the other Kennedy’ visited apartheid South Africa

Kenneth Kaplan, University of the Witwatersrand

Fifty years ago US Senator Robert F Kennedy visited South Africa. A new documentary about RFK’s visit puts the spotlight on an important part of the country’s history.

Related Topics

  1. African National Congress (ANC)
  2. Bill Clinton
  3. Dick Cheney
  4. Donald Rumsfeld
  5. Donald Trump
  6. JFK
  7. John F. Kennedy
  8. South African history

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