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When record executives tried to mold Franklin's sound to their liking, her career sputtered. Then legendary producer…
And without white privilege, they wouldn't feel compelled to follow a white script.
In 1979, David Duke told the media he had launched a wildly successful recruiting drive in Connecticut. A local reporter…
You know you've hit it big when your designs find their way into millions of kitchens – and the Museum of Modern Art.
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A number of factors – from our eagerness to place trust in people to our overconfidence in our own intelligence – make…
Our social institutions and politics suffer from a collective arrested development – and our relationship to technology…
The halal food sector largely relies on industrially produced meats and produce. But more and more Muslims are using the…
White shooters are nearly 95 percent more likely to have their crimes attributed to mental illness than black shooters.
Fifty years ago, an insurance agent named Paul Simpson was convinced of rampant bias on the evening news. So he embarked…
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Aristotle coined the term "enthymeme" to refer to arguments, words and ideas that are broadly accepted among the…
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Forty years ago, Rebecca Moore's two sisters helped plan the Jonestown massacre. But she refuses to say they were brainwashed,…
Without credible news and information, a healthy democracy is not possible.
Towns are embracing their eccentric visitors as a way to boost their struggling economies.