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Letter to a Daughter Who Will Wear Two Masks

Letter to a Daughter Who Will Wear Two Masks

Jasmon Drain on What is Covered and Hidden

By Jasmon Drain | August 6, 2020

The Trailblazing Black Models of Miss America

The Trailblazing Black Models of Miss America

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How Similar Are the Hot, Historic Summers of 2020 and 1968?

Lee Weiner, One of the Chicago Seven, on Finding Hope for the Future

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Remember when Toni Morrison smacked down a racist biography of Angela Davis?

Remember when Toni Morrison smacked down a racist biography of Angela Davis?

By Dan Sheehan | August 5, 2020

Ryan Reynolds is making a movie based on a

Ryan Reynolds is making a movie based on a "Shouts & Murmurs" essay by Simon Rich.

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Breaking: Sean Hannity, quoter of Latin, does not know any Latin.

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