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Salt-N-Pepa, Hip-Hop Duo That Spoke Up for Women, Tells Its Own Story
While selling warranties on washing machines from a Sears call center in Queens, the friends Cheryl James and Sandra Denton came together as a hip-hop…
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Hank Aaron Interview: ‘I Recognized That I Had a Gift’
I was born in Atlanta in 1960, and when the Braves moved to town from Milwaukee after the 1965 season, Hank Aaron became my all-seasons…
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Who is Jonathan Braun? Trump’s Last Minute Pardon Still Faces Accusations of Violence
President Donald J. Trump’s late-night commutation of a 10-year prison sentence being served by a drug smuggler named Jonathan Braun made the action sound almost…
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Can a Brash Executive in Kansas Save Movie Theaters?
Most of the time, the 116-year-old movie theater business is rather humdrum. Tickets get sold. Images get projected onto screens, sometimes in 3-D. Every now…
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Gordon Hookey and Gary Simmons: A Shared Language of Struggle
In the small, sun-scorched town of Cloncurry, Australia, the artist Gordon Hookey grew up very much aware of Madison Square Garden. “It was in the…
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Amanda Gorman Captures the Moment in “The Hill We Climb”
Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world. When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in…
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When Some Critics Reject the Film That’s About Your Life
Matthew Teague is a journalist who’s traveled to remote corners of the world for stories. He covered C.I.A. operatives in Pakistan, famine in Somalia, double…
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Eugene Goodman, Capitol Police Officer Who Diverted Mob, Is a Harris Escort
Eugene Goodman, a Capitol Police officer who was captured on video facing down members of the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 and…
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How Joe Biden Became a Steady Hand Amid So Much Chaos
As a child, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. wrestled with words, grappling with a boyhood stutter. Years later, as a young politician, he couldn’t stop saying…
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