Obama’s Ingenious Mention of Atticus Finch The president’s farewell speech evoked a flawed American icon—perhaps to remind America of the best version of itself. By Spencer Kornhaber ...

President Obama Quoted To Kill a Mockingbird in His Farewell Address By Jared T. Miller He urged sensitivity and understanding between America’s diverse racial and ethnic groups, invoking ...

Michael Fitts, dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, far left, stands next to outgoing president Scott Cowen, right, at a ceremony at Tulane University on Tuesday, February 4, 2014.

Like Finch, it is sufficient that they simply “do their best to love everybody.” It is no surprise, then, that controversy surrounds the character development of Atticus Finch in Lee’s new ...

McMillan’s distant cousin, Jim Jenkins, now retired from The News & Observer, recalled regular visits to McMillan’s downtown law office to gab and smoke cigarettes.

President Obama Restores Atticus Finch's Good Name. by Cate Carrejo. Jan. 11, 2017. JOSHUA LOTT/AFP/Getty Images. ... Get Even More From Bustle — Sign Up For The Newsletter.

Chris Matthews compared George W. Bush to Atticus Finch, the hero of the 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (Warner Books). Right-wing media weaponize Israel’s strike on Iran to fearmonger about ...

The portrayal of Atticus Finch, the lawyer hero of To Kill A Mockingbird, as a racist in Harper Lee’s new novel, Go Set A Watchman, has been variously described as a “bombshell,” “shocking ...