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A new book of Edward Gorey’s drawings shows what’s lost when the artist’s sexuality is glossed over
Queer’ is a word often used to describe Edward Gorey’s mysterious, spooky art. So why is it so hard to acknowledge the artist behind them was queer as well?
Top high school graduates for 2025
Each year, we ask schools in the east metro and western Wisconsin for names of their top graduates, however they define them.
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Senator Cory Booker’s New Book, ‘Stand,’ Set for Fall Release
In April, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker delivered a record-breaking, 25-hour-long speech on the Senate floor, addressing the policies of the Trump administration. “This book is about the ...
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Sen. Cory Booker expands upon historic Senate floor speech for new book, ‘Stand’
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Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capeheart quits editorial board over dispute with white colleague: ‘Robbing me of my humanity’
A black Washington Post opinion writer said he quit the newspaper’s editorial board over a dispute with a white colleague about a piece concerning Georgia’s voting laws that he didn’t agree ...
Atlanta Blackstar20d
‘We Are Disenfranchised’: Masked White Nationalists, Patriot Front Took Over Kansas City, Claim They Are Under Attack, Oppressed In America and Need to Reclaim Their Nation
More than 150 masked white nationalists marched through Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, flooding downtown with Confederate flags, upside-down American banners, and chants of “life ...
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College Board cancels award program for high-performing Black and Latino students
a move that could shift tens of thousands of scholarship dollars from Black and Latino students to white students. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a national ...