Month: June 2020

Andy Borowitz jokes that Donald Trump is so jealous of and threatened by President Obama that he would ban a coronavirus vaccine if his predecessor created one.

Barry Blitt’s Kvetchbook cartoon depicts a flock of sheep to satirize the Americans who believe that so-called herd immunity will protect them from the coronavirus and makes masks and social distancing irrelevant to slowing the pandemic’s spread.

For his latest novel, Kevin Kwan decided to update one of his own favorite books, A Room With a View. The result is Sex and Vanity, a fun, decadent whirl that manages to take on some serious subjects.

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NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with comedian Hasan Minhaj, about the topics he’s been tackling on the latest season of his show, Patriot Act, on Netflix.

Horror may not be readers’ first choice in times like this, but Emma J. Gibbons’ new collection, influenced by both punk rock and classic literature, is full of great characters and genuine scares.

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Joel Christian Gill illustrates a humorous comic about a professor dealing with racism in the classroom.

Nikole Hannah-Jones says reparations might narrow the wealth gap. Ken Tucker reviews new albums by Lady Gaga and Carly Rae Jepsen. Dr. Julie Holland discusses the psychiatric uses of psychedelics.

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Shannon Reed humorously describes cooking day at a preschool.

Cheadle plays stockbroker Maurice Monroe in Black Monday, the Showtime series that takes viewers back to the international market crash in 1987.

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In A Most Beautiful Thing, Arshay Cooper shares the story of how he, and others from rival gang neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side, found their way to crew — and each other.

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