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A Farmer Offers A Stark Time-Lapse Portrait Of His Family's Land Over A Lifetime

James Rebanks' new book Pastoral Song urgently conveys how the drive for cheap, mass-produced food has impoverished both small farmers and the soil, threatening humanity's future.

August 05, 2021
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  • Heller McAlpin
New Barbies honor six women in health care who have been on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19.

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Mattel's Barbie Turns Women Of Science, Including COVID Vaccine Developer, Into Dolls

Professor Sarah Gilbert, a leader on the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, is one of six women in health care who now have Barbies in their image. She hopes they will inspire girls to enter STEM careers.

August 05, 2021
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  • Xcaret Nuñez

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Having A Conversation With Loss And Grief In 'Waiting For The Waters To Rise'

Maryse Condé's new novel follws a lonely man, an obstetrician who adopts an orphaned baby girl and tries to find her family — it's an examination of loss and grief on a personal and national level.

August 05, 2021
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  • Gabino Iglesias
Osama bin Laden is seen at an undisclosed location in a television image broadcast on Oct. 7, 2001.

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Osama Bin Laden Biography Goes Inside Al-Qaida Leader's Final Hideout

Journalist Peter Bergen visited bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, before it was demolished. His new book, The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden, draws on materials seized in the raid.

August 04, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
DaBaby performs at Rolling Loud at Hard Rock Stadium on July 25 in Miami Gardens, Fla. He has received swift and significant backlash for comments he made at that festival.

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  • Arts & Life

The Music Industry Is Holding DaBaby Accountable

After making homophobic comments during a performance, rapper DaBaby has been widely criticized and dropped from multiple festivals. The fallout could mark a cultural shift in the music business.

August 04, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair

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  • Book News & Features

Soccer Star Abby Wambach Recommends 3 Reads On Sports And Leadership

Wambach retired from soccer in 2015, and now, as a professional speaker, she shares three books that helped her learn to be a leader — both on the field and off.

August 04, 2021
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  • A Martínez

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  • Book Reviews

Oprah Picked It, So Did Obama — Why This Novel Is THE Summer Book

Nathan Harris's debut, set in a small Southern town just after Appomattox, has captured American readersthis summer by asking a question we haven't yet answered: How do you make peace after civil war?

August 04, 2021
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  • Carole V. Bell
Buddies Rindo and Fret fight for their lives on the streets of a strange alternate Tokyo in <em>NEO: The World Ends With You</em>

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This Remake Of A Beloved Game Has The Style — But Lacks A Little Substance

Not a remaster or a reissue, NEO is a genuine sequel to the hit 2007 Japanese RPG that cast you and your friends as fashionable Tokyo kids battling for your lives in a strange alternate world.

August 04, 2021
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  • Keller Gordon
Comedian Kathy Griffin attends the official opening of Paula Abdul's Flamingo Las Vegas residency "Paula Abdul: Forever Your Girl" at The Cromwell Las Vegas on October 24, 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Comedian Kathy Griffin Says She's Been Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

Comedian Kathy Griffin said she has never smoked, and that doctors are optimistic because the cancer appears to be contained to her left lung — half of which she is getting removed.

August 03, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Members of the 40+ Double Dutch Club gather regularly to jump rope and connect with other women.

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Women Are Gathering To Jump Rope And Make Connections In The 40+ Double Dutch Club

The Chicago-based 40+ Double Dutch Club has more than a hundred chapters across the country and two internationally. Founder Pamela Robinson says it's about more than just jumping rope.

August 03, 2021
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  • Kelley Dickens
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  • Arts & Life

Getting Away From The City: Georgia Travel Experts Reflect On This Summer’s Biggest Trends

This summer, many Georgians were eager to get back on the road for summer travel after loosened COVID-19 restrictions meant they could go back to their beloved hideaway — and even try some new vacation destinations. 

August 03, 2021
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  • Kyra Posey

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  • Book Reviews

Philosophical, Queer, Angry, Romantic, Defiant: 'Afterparties' Contains Multitudes

Anthony Veasna So died in December, but he lives on in the pages of this debut story collection — a vibrant, funny and unsparing look at the lives of Cambodian Americans in his California hometown.

August 03, 2021
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  • Thúy Đinh
Calvin Royal III and Isabella Boylston perform "This Bitter Earth" at the 2018 Vail Dance Festival.

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Dancer Calvin Royal III Takes Center Stage At ABT — And Beyond

Royal is only the third Black dancer to be promoted to principal at the American Ballet Theatre — which is even more impressive when you know he didn't begin training in ballet until he was 14.

August 02, 2021
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  • Alexandra Starr
Randy Thomas, former executive vice president of Exodus International, denounces the group's actions and "conversion therapy" as a whole in the Netflix documentary <em>Pray Away.</em>

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  • Movie Interviews

Former 'Ex-Gay' Leaders Denounce 'Conversion Therapy' In A New Documentary

Netflix's documentary Pray Away talks to former leaders of Exodus International, one of the biggest organizations that pushed for so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people.

August 02, 2021
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  • Victoria Whitley-Berry and
  • Sarah McCammon

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  • Book Reviews

In 'Goldenrod,' A Poet Finds Lessons In The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected

Maggie Smith's new poetry collection considers the human tendency to search for universal truths — but she looks for those truths in things we can see every day, as ordinary as rosebushes and rocks.

August 02, 2021
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  • Jeevika Verma
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