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Weekly Reader: Help! I’m feeling optimistic

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The return of optimism, journalism’s failures, Patsy Cline’s house, the costs of racism, and Hannah Arendt.

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Look not at what stands between us but at what stands before us. Look to what matters.

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Steeped in the lineage of British folk, Smith is an innovative fingerstyle guitarist and a warm and welcoming singer.

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Amanda Gormon’s poem “The Hill We Climb” was among the best moments in an inaugural ceremony of hope and historic firsts.

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Leaving the gloomy past, presidential meltdowns, multiracial whiteness, and a new museum of African American music.

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Pete Buttigieg explains why trust is foundational to American democracy and why we must fight the attacks on truth.

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Richie Havens, Mavis Staples, & Rhiannon Giddens build our resolve on the weekend we honor MLK.

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I love the pithy proverb – Volume 3.

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Articles of resilience. repair, and the need to address the grief that comes before the grief.

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Our emotions were whipsawed this week between heartbreak and elation. Our next choices will help decide which one wins.