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In an Election Year, ‘Suffs’ Takes a Political Battle to Broadway
As Shaina Taub’s musical opens, the show’s team members, including Hillary Clinton, say they’re ready to give the women’s suffrage…
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A Protest Set to Banjo: Jamar Roberts’s Dance for Hard Times
“We the People,” Roberts’s first dance for the Martha Graham Dance Company, finds the rage and resistance hidden in an…
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Casey Benjamin, Free-Spirited Saxophonist, Dies at 45
A musical voyager who wouldn’t be limited by genre, style or even instrument, he brought exuberance to the Robert Glasper…
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The Thinning of Oprah Winfrey
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Albert Heath, Jazz Drum Virtuoso, Is Dead at 88
He accompanied stars like John Coltrane and worked frequently with his brothers. “I’ve always thought I was a master,” he…
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My Faith Forbade Eclipse Gazing. Now It Inspires My Art.
As a child growing up in the Hare Krishna community in the United States, I was forbidden to be outside…
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Larry David, Philosopher King
“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” the HBO comedy series created by and starring Larry David, debuted way back in 1999 and comedy,…
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America Was Once the Country Begging Richer Allies for Help
Even before they declared their independence, it was clear to the American colonies that in their struggle against Great Britain…
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Israel Is Making the Same Mistake America Made in Iraq
As the war in Gaza reaches its six-month mark, I’m getting a disturbing sense of déjà vu. Israel is facing…
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The Gang That Preyed on America’s Small Museums
No one mistook them for cat burglars, but authorities say the crew spent two decades pilfering, and in some cases…