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There Is More to Stacey Abrams Than Meets Partisan Eyes | The New York Times “People who underestimate her risk complete embarrassment,”

August 20, 2018

“People who underestimate her risk complete embarrassment,”

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Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again | The Guardian Jemisin’s third win in as many years signals an end to the influence of the rightwing ‘Puppies’ groups, with female authors winning all major categories at sci-fi awards

August 20, 2018

Jemisin’s third win in as many years signals an end to the influence of the rightwing ‘Puppies’ groups, with female authors winning all major categories at sci-fi awards.

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‘Passing for white’: how a taboo film genre is being revived to expose racial privilege | The Guardian Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky

August 20, 2018

Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing, a theme little seen since the likes of Show Boat and Pinky.

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Aretha Franklin’s Revolution | The Atlantic The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.

August 16, 2018

The soul singer was an architect of the civil-rights movement as much as a witness to it.

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On the House | Buying home for first time still exciting at age 75 | The Columbus Dispatch “I thought, God brought me this far. He’ll see me the rest of the way.”

August 16, 2018

“I thought, God brought me this far. He’ll see me the rest of the way.”

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How a historian turned artist discovered it’s never too late to start over | The Lily Nell Painter went back to school at 64

August 16, 2018

Nell Painter went back to school at 64.

Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, is dead at 76 | Vox Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.

August 16, 2018

Celebrating the joyful legacy of a musical icon.

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Groundbreaking Night for Women and Diversity, While a Trump Critic Falls | The New York Times Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota state lawmaker, is poised to be one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, winning the Democratic nomination in a left-leaning district.

August 16, 2018

Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota state lawmaker, is poised to be one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress, winning the Democratic nomination in a left-leaning district.