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Weekly Reader: Lives well lived

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Appreciations for Hank Aaron, John Chaney, Barbara Erickson, Cloris Leachman, and Cicely Tyson. RIP.

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Ensuring that our stories include a sense of humanity can help us in these turbulent times.

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Williams is a bold acoustic innovator with an unorthodox, modern style of playing.

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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.