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How much authoritarianism is too much authoritarianism?
She joined her husband in his beloved homeland, but had to keep asking herself if she should stay.
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He will never forgive me for this spa experience
I booked him an appointment - he's never forgotten it.
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Apr 10
All news is local, for real.
It's Local News Day today! (As it should be every day.) And community news is making a comeback, slowly.
Apr 9
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The Washington Post Quit you.
Feb 16
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Do we ignore the good works of an (accused) rapist?
Mar 18
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War, ICE, corruption. In all this chaos, is culture worth fighting for?
Mar 12
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Petula Dvorak
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She saved 13 kids with a ball of twine
Mar 13
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The Cabinet secretary who got rid of ICE - in the 1930s
Mar 5
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Wheels. Chairs. It's Still Just Sports.
Mar 16
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Who revered the civilization Trump said 'will die tonight'? The Founding Fathers.
Thomas Jefferson was among the revolutionaries who cited the father of Iran as a role model for tolerance in a new and diverse nation.
Apr 7
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Petula Dvorak
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This Easter Bunny is a brown, feminist Persister here to teach us a lesson.
The shocker? She's been around since 1939.
Apr 5
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Petula Dvorak
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This famous book exists because of what coffee beans are not
The Maxwell House Haggadah persists as the most widely used Seder text in the world. Here's why.
Apr 3
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Why keep hunting for Amelia Earhart?
My friend followed an expedition to find answers about the lost aviator, and found so much more.
Mar 31
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Petula Dvorak
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Should we be saying the 'Wright Siblings'?
The world believed Orville and Wilbur Wright owed their success to their sister, Katharine, something it took America a while to understand.
Mar 30
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Petula Dvorak
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The secretary who took over the Metro.
Carmen Turner headed one of the railway's biggest expansions, dazzling Capitol Hill with her ability to get public transportation funding during the…
Mar 27
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Petula Dvorak
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There's a science to moving you through the airport
It's called "Wayfinding" and a woman created it.
Mar 26
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Petula Dvorak
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