Month: June 2022

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., won’t be finished for another decade, but a pop-up exhibit from the museum has opened on the National Mall

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Steven Spielberg’s movie “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” was released 40 years ago this month. Film critic Alex Dowd explains why it has endured.

Here on Code Switch, we love food just as much as we love history. So we couldn’t let the Juneteenth pass by without getting into the culinary traditions that have been passed down for generations.

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Your six-hundred-seventy-seven-week-old is now going through something your pediatrician calls “puberty.”

Tur revisits her high-flying childhood — and the hurt that lingers. 1619 Project journalist Linda Villarosa lays bare why Black Americans “live sicker and die quicker” than their white counterparts.

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Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour share what’s bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, and more.

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Will history be written by the wimps?

Cooper Raiff’s Cha Cha Real Smooth had to play at the Sundance Film Festival virtually because of the pandemic, so he hasn’t heard the applause critics are showering on his bittersweet dramedy.

In her new film, Thompson portrays a widower who reckons with her own sexual discovery in an experience she calls “irresistibly delicious.”

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Practice fake smiles, try out a little creative hearing, and, whatever else you do, take a hint and keep your mouth shut.