All posts filed under: The Times We Live In

Addressing the challenges of our polarized times

A new kind of American troubadour

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Joy Oladokun, with a soulful voice and innovative guitar stylings, sings poetry for today’s America.

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Biden’s SOTU address was effective — for him, for his policies, for his party, and for the country.

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We often believe myths because they reinforce deeply held beliefs or because we like a well-told tale.

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Odesa is added to the World Heritage List as Timothy Snyder speaks to why the world needs Ukrainian victory.

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Adam Serwer calls out the cruelty that, for people of color, is at the heart of the American experience.

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Ruthie Foster builds on the musical traditions that fueled the Civil Rights movement.

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Agatha Christie’s best-known mystery sets me off on a year of reading crime stories…fictional and real.

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The most recent volume of the short and to-the-point adages that capture truth in a few words.

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Rules for the road help us see how we want to live.

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President Zelenskyy reminded Americans of who we say we are, and why that matters to the world.