Category: Arts & Entertainment

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Dea Kulumbegashvili embedded for a year inside a maternity clinic for her new film, April, about an obstetrician in rural Georgia, as the country faces increased abortion restrictions.

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Pencil skirt. Kitten heels. Tiny glasses. And a little dark edge. These are just some of the elements of one of the most enduring fashion trends of the past couple of years: the office siren. But we’re not just seeing this twist on office norms in fashion: we’re also seeing it in TV shows like Severance and Industry, and with musicians like The Dare and FKA Twigs. So what are people expressing by reimagining office fashions? Brittany is joined by NPR’s Life Kit producer Margaret Cirino to discuss the “freakification” of office wear — its long lineage in fashion, and what office tensions this trend is speaking to right now.

The food we grow up with says a lot about our heritage and community. Researchers are on a mission to connect people to local fishers — and introduce more Americans to a more diverse array of seafood.

The Mellon Foundation has announced $15 million in “emergency funding” for 56 humanities councils across the country. The government recently eliminated $65 million in support.

On the last Friday of each month in Portland, Ore., volunteers pass out breakfast items to bike commuters in an event called “Breakfast on the Bridges.”

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.

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Journalist David Graham says the aim of the creators of the conservative action plan Project 2025 is to push the federal government “as far to the right as they can.” His new book is The Project.

The second volume in Pulitzer-winning historian Rick Atkinson’s planned trilogy on the American Revolution publishes Tuesday. Plus a graphic memoir, short fiction, and “the secret life” of a cemetery.

Hackman was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease and likely had not eaten for a long time, according to the new report. The actor, 95, had been in poor health for some time.

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Philippa Hughes’ life spans war, international romance, divorce, an abduction, art and politics. As one of the few liberals in her family, she knows how divisions can break a family and a country.

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