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Gylan Kain, a Founder of the Last Poets and a Progenitor of Rap, Dies at 81
He spun gripping portraits of the Black experience starting in the 1960s with the seminal Harlem spoken-word collective, lay a…
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Bernard Schwartz, Antiwar Executive Who Built an Arms Maker, Dies at 98
Despite his opposition to the Vietnam War, as an investor he took over an ailing defense contractor, Loral, and turned…
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Trump’s Warning of a ‘Blood Bath’ if He Loses
More from our inbox: Orli and the FoxIt Was ‘Poisoning,’ Not an ‘Overdose’Class-Based AdmissionsFormer President Donald J. Trump at a…
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Where the Wild Things Went During the Pandemic
A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.
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Learn to Bake in 5 Easy Recipes
The poet Emily Dickinson was an avid baker, and, on the back of a recipe card for coconut cake, she…
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At Stock Market Bar Night, Buy Low and Drink Up
In London, “competitive socializing” transforms pubs into stock exchanges, golf courses and cricket fields for those looking for more elaborate…
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Storing Renewable Energy, One Balloon at a Time
Central Sardinia is not generally considered a hotbed of innovation: Arid and rural, some of its road signs riddled with…
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Mike Pence Rues the Day
Gail Collins: Bret, I feel obligated to start out by asking you — TikTok? Potential foreign agent? Bret Stephens: I…
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Is Voting Still Worth It? Just Ask Ms. Gadson-Birch.
Beverly Gadson-Birch is, supposedly, retired. But spend any time with Ms. Gadson-Birch, a community activist, business owner and grandmother in…
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We’re Not Burdens on Society. We’re Engines of Economic Progress.
History is being made on the Rio Grande. Hundreds of thousands of migrants braved the journey across it last year,…