Category: Arts & Entertainment

Rape kits were widely known as “Vitullo Kits” after a Chicago police sergeant. But a new book tells the story of Marty Goddard, a community activist who worked with runaway teenagers in the 1970s.

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Set in the lawless Utah territory of 1857, Netflix’s six-part series features chaotic violence, endearing characters and some sights and performances you’ll not soon forget.

Take those designer jeans and lay them on a baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with sea salt.

After a 1990 wildfire destroyed his home and possessions, Iyer started over. The loss led him to a Benedictine monastery, where he found comfort and compassion in solitude. His new memoir is Aflame.

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Some people team up with an “accountability partner” or “accountability group” to accomplish big goals or tasks. Here’s how to set up a successful partnership.

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Sometimes you finish a book and just have to talk about it with someone else. If your book club is looking for its next conversation-sparking title we have a dozen for you!

When Kimberly Godsey was training to become a nurse practitioner, a physician taught her how to deliver painful news with compassion. Years later, his lesson showed up in her own life.

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Bribe their therapist to let you surprise-join one of their Zoom sessions.

In Netflix’s gritty, brutal Western series American Primeval, Betty Gilpin plays a woman determined to get herself and her son across the frontier. But along the way, they find themselves caught up in a brewing war between the federal government and a violent Mormon militia. A gruff guide (Taylor Kitsch) might be of some help, but the land is rife with violent factions with competing claims to the blood-soaked soil.

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Bad Bunny’s new album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, has struck a chord with fans worldwide. He’s always expressed a deep love for Puerto Rico, but his latest work takes it to new heights. In his fusion of old and new genres, he speaks to the shared experiences of the Puerto Rican diaspora and looks to their collective past as a way forward. Writer Carina del Valle Schorske and La Brega podcast host, Alana Casanova-Burgess join the show to break down the function of shared nostalgia and explain the backstory to Puerto Rico’s symbols of independence.

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