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5 Operas You Can Stream at Home
This selection of works, available to rent and purchase, features some of today’s boldest directors and greatest vocal talents.
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Fantasia Barrino-Taylor on the Pain (and Joy) of ‘The Color Purple’
Throughout the six months of production on the new film adaptation of “The Color Purple,” Fantasia Barrino-Taylor, who plays the…
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Let’s Rescue Book Lovers From This Online Hellscape
If you have not kept up with the latest scandal in the world of young adult publishing, it is a…
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We’re Thinking About Pain All Wrong
For many years I’ve written about people suffering intractable pain, and how their agony and increased risk of suicide and…
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This Is Why Jesus Wept
Of all the qualities that the New Testament ascribes to God, compassion is among the most shocking. Compassion has nothing…
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Mom-and-Pop Drugstores Thrive as Chain Pharmacies Close in New York
Some small independent pharmacies in the city are benefiting from a decline in chain stores. But theft and low reimbursement…
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What Went Wrong for Ron DeSantis in 2023
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida woke up in Iowa with a familiar political headache. The man he is chasing in…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Recent Immigration Claims
As President Biden grapples with an unwieldy crisis at the southern border, his likely 2024 rival has leveled many criticisms…
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A Thriving Border Town Undercuts South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Mood
By 7 a.m., lines of customers snake down the block outside stores on the main commercial strip in Musina, a…
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Carlos Lyra, Composer Who Brought Finesse to Bossa Nova, Dies at 90
When Brazilian musicians fused samba with jazz and classical influences in the 1950s and ’60s, he was among the first,…