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Pulitzer winner for Evicted Matthew Desmond examines why the U.S. has more poverty than other rich nations. He finds it spends big on social programs, but gives the most to those who need it least.
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Author: Jennifer Ludden
The sequel to the 2019 film that starred Zachary Levi as the adult superhero persona of a lonely teen goes bigger. And goofier. But the fuel mixture’s off and Levi’s one-note performance grates.
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Author: Glen Weldon
Jim Gordon, the famed session drummer who backed Eric Clapton and The Beach Boys before being diagnosed with schizophrenia and going to prison for killing his mother, has died. He was 77.
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DuBalle says the legislators behind a new law criminalizing public drag shows don’t understand the art: “They think that every drag performer is doing something hypersexual or obscene.”
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Author: Terry Gross
When it came out in 1983, Nora Ephron’s comic novel became an instant bestseller. Now newly released, Heartburn pairs well with Jenny Jackson’s smart comedy of manners, Pineapple Street.
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Author: Maureen Corrigan
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Chinese novelist Yan Lianke treats the deities of China’s major religions as quiet, omnipresent participants in the novel’s events, which range from slapstick comedy to shocking violence.
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Author: Lily Meyer
Spring is a time of renewal. The NPR One team has recommendations to give your podcast listening a refresh.
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WASHINGTON—Drawing swift rebukes from regulators and industry activists, the Biden administration came under fire Thursday for breaking child labor laws after half of the federal cabinet was revealed to be under the age of 10. “We’ve confirmed that there are department heads as young as six running agencies like the…
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ALBUQUERQUE, NM—According to a new study published Thursday in the Journal Of Anthropological Research, early humans domesticated wolves after numerous failed attempts at domesticating crocodiles. “Discouraged by a lack of progress and their loss of limbs, early man stopped sharing their scraps of meat with crocodiles…
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