Public policy is moving left, no question. But while both parties have their reasons for depicting the Democratic government in Washington, DC, as a progressive juggernaut, that doesn’t mean it’s true.
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How many artists overshadow their band after going solo? “The real takeaway is and always has been Beyoncé.”
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Photographer Michelle Groskopf visits James Turrell’s volcano-in-progress “Roden Crater” in Arizona.
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A tough case befuddling the Supreme Court: does the First Amendment permit schools to sanction students for off-campus speech?
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Nineteenth-century England’s anti-vaccine movement feared that the smallpox vaccine would turn people into cows.
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Illustrations that make us want to travel, by Liam Cobb.
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About 60% of congressional Republicans that hold seats vacated by fellow Republicans are more conservative than their predecessor.
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Designer Tim Denee illustrated his play-through of the game “Thousand Year Old Vampire.”
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NPR as we now know it began with the May 3, 1971, debut of All Things Considered, in an episode covering, among other items: an anti-war protest, barbers shaving women’s legs (due to “the decline in business with today’s popularity of long hairstyles in men”), and addiction.
Here’s the first segment from the show, and you can hear the rest over at NPR: