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There Is Glory and God in Our Struggles
Every February, Black History Month, Americans engage in a futile attempt to squeeze into 28 days the history of a…
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Rick Rubin’s Guide to Art — and Life
Produced by ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Reading Rick Rubin’s production discography is like taking a tour through the commanding heights…
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Linkin Park’s ‘Meteora’ Surprise: Unheard Chester Bennington Songs
A 20th anniversary edition of the band’s blockbuster second album will include a handful of previously unreleased demos and the…
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War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Democrats Are Radicals
Political speeches, very much including State of the Union addresses, rarely make much difference. They can, however, be useful guides…
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How to Destroy (What’s Left of) the Mainstream Media’s Credibility
It is hardly a secret within America’s newsrooms that our profession has lost much of the public’s trust. Gallup, which…
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Marianne Mantell, Who Helped Pave the Way for Audiobooks, Dies at 93
In her early 20s she co-founded the groundbreaking spoken-word record label Caedmon, which had a hit with Dylan Thomas’s “A…
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Ron Labinski, Who Designed a Cozier Future for Stadiums, Dies at 85
An architect, he followed his hunch that teams would abandon ugly concrete multipurpose arenas for fan-friendly single-sport facilities, like Oriole…
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Family of ‘Rust’ Cinematographer Sues Baldwin and Other Producers
Halyna Hutchins’s husband previously agreed to settle his lawsuit regarding the fatal on-set shooting. Now her parents and sister are…
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Laraaji Conjures a Baptism in Sound
The pioneer of ambient music, now 79, rediscovered some of his earliest recordings for a new four-disc set.
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An Artist Puts Kabul in a New Light (With Lipstick and Manicure)
The Afghan-Canadian artist Hangama Amiri fled the Taliban as a child. Her new museum show reclaims space for women with…