Earth Day | Talk & Draw with Liza Donnelly & Heather Cox Richardson Earth Day is tomorrow, and Liza Donnelly and I are celebrating with a drawing!

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What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? The Final Matchup We’ve reached the final matchup in our legendary quest to find the best literary film adaptation of the last 50 years. Given the state of reality, it’s not too surprising that, after th…

It’s a fantasy final! Only two films remain in our Best Literary Adaptations bracket, and it’s up to you to choose a winner.

The Scent of Rebellion: How Cannabis Became the Drug of Choice For the Counterculture In 1927, twenty-six-year-old American jazz musician Louis Armstrong smoked cannabis for the first time. He was backstage at a Chicago music club when a white musician named Mezz Mezzrow lit a reefe…

On this 4/20, dare we say…blaze it? (Or, how cannabis became the countercultural drug of choice.)

On the Unique and Ongoing Relationship Between Bob Dylan and the Beatles “What about Bob Dylan?” That was the question put to Paul McCartney shortly after the Beatles had first come to America in February 1964. The man holding the microphone was Murray Kaufman, a popula…

Jim Windolf explores the lengthy history between The Beatles and Bob Dylan.

When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right? “The coronavirus panic is dumb,” tweeted Elon Musk in early March 2020, his first public comment on COVID-19. (It was also his first tweet to earn more than one million likes.) To him, the true vir…

@quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com investigate how (and when) Elon Musk took his hard turn to the right.

In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History They were “Damned Old Fools on Books.” That’s what the Philadelphia bibliophile William Carl Bolivar told Arturo Schomburg, his younger counterpart in New York, as the two men exchanged book lists,…

“The homes of Schomburg, Dorsey, and other collectors were important sites of Black intellectual culture: salon-like spaces for the bookish crowd. Until now, however, it has been hard to picture them.” How Arturo Schomburg built a library and made history.
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How Writing Helped Me Heal After a Trauma On June 4, 2015, I was sexually assaulted and nearly murdered. I went to bed in the evening, the way I always did. I read. I turned out my lamp. In the dark, I listened to the train in the distance…

“In these moments, I am reduced to this fact: Someone broke into your house and attacked you.” On healing after trauma through writing.

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Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives Women’s lives are prone to secrets. There is so much about ourselves that we are punished for publicly acknowledging – our political and business ambitions, our desire to be rewarded for our achiev…

Bonnie Friedman recommends books about women with secret lives by Deesha Philyaw, Azar Nafisi, Annie Ernaux, and more.

What Is Education For in the Age of Artificial Intelligence? As AI becomes ubiquitous, students are asking what matters most right now. Educators need to respond.

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Can Chatbots Really Relieve Loneliness? New research suggests that chatbots still don’t measure up to humans when it comes to connection and well-being.

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Artisan Menu, No Thanks I’ll take a farmer’s portion

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How your daily life is captured by technology To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.

‼️👀Surveillance capitalism is enabling government spying on all of us 👀‼️open.substack.com/pub/theconversationus/p/...

Women take the lead in whiskey as more female drinkers and distillers change the industry A growing number of women are taking leading roles in the traditionally male-dominated U.S. whiskey industry.

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🙋‍♀️Women take the lead in whiskey as more female drinkers and distillers change the industry

Come on an AP tour of the newly found location of Shakespeare’s London house A newly discovered 17th-century map sheds new light on Shakespeare’s London life, pinpointing for the first time the exact location of the only home he bought in the city, and where he may have worked...

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📚💙 Come on an AP tour of the newly found location of Shakespeare’s London house

Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief Rachel Goldberg-Polin has written a book about her son, Hersh, who was kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack and killed in a Gaza tunnel.

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📚💙 When We See You Again by Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Her kidnapped son was killed in a Gaza tunnel. A new memoir gives a searing account of her grief #memoir #gaza #war #grief #loss #booksky #books #tbr #mustread

Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities Two deadly cases of domestic violence — one in Louisiana and the other in Virginia targeting Black mothers — have sparked a national conversation about domestic violence prevention and mental health c...

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Deadly domestic violence cases stir calls for more prevention resources for Black communities

Why East of Eden Still Ruins People YouTube video by The Book Club

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US military pushes for boost in 2027 spending on drones and air defenses used in Iran war U.S. military officials are calling for spending tens of billions of dollars in the next budget year on drones, air defense systems and fighter jets that have been a key part of fighting the Iran war.

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US military pushes for boost in 2027 spending on drones and air defenses used in Iran war

Trump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event President Donald Trump and many of his conservative Christian supporters are participating in a marathon Bible reading event.

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Trump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event

Tuesday Talkers 4/21: Trump’s Policy is Hurting American Farmers Plus, Refund Season, Number of the Week, Quote of the Week, and more...

Tuesday Talkers 4/21: Trump’s Policy is Hurting American Farmers
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A photo of blossoming pink flower buds and a headline that reads “ECONOMIC POLICY - On Tax Day, Mamdani Taxed the Rich - The mayor, his supporters, and public opinion convinced their previously reluctant governor to agree to a tax on the second (or third, fourth, fifth, etc.) homes of their city's nonresident rich.”

A photo of a child reaching for blossoming pink flower buds and a headline that reads “Mayor Mamdani Unveils 7 New NYC Early Ed Centers”

A photo of of blossoming pink flower buds and a headline that reads “New York City to open municipal grocery store in 2027 - The store will be one of five city-owned food stores Mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised to debut before his term ends.”

Blossoming pink flower buds near a trash container and a headline that reads “Mamdani To Fully Fund Trash Containerization - The new mayor is restarting the Trash Revolution”

Change is in the air, New York. Here are a few things blooming.

Spent Saturday with President Obama and New York's Cutest — turns out my first name is Mayor and I need to be doing more squats. 

Here’s to building a City where families can thrive and every classroom is full of this much joy.

Mayor Mamdani and a group of children hold hands while running through red tape in a hallway.

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust.

We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

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Trump's approval on economy falls in AP-NORC poll, showing new warning signs for president

The 10 Most Popular Articles from The Honest Broker (2021-2026) In celebration of my fifth anniversary on Substack

💎The 10 Most Popular Articles from The Honest Broker (2021-2026) open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia...

It Happened To Us: We Worked With Tyra On America's Next Top Model Yep. Eric was a judge sitting right next to the Original Smizer and I was the Editor in charge of the ANTM grand prize. PLUS on top of all that: FREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTIONS and LET'S REVIVE SASSY!!

It Happened To Us: We Worked With Tyra On America's Next Top Model
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How to Protect Your Penis Arm We've all got one.

📚💙 Creatures’ Guide to Caring by Elizabeth Preston: How to Protect Your Penis Arm- book review #booksky #animalbehavior #nature #parenting #books #tbr

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Forty years after Chornobyl, more nuclear disasters are inevitable — plan for them Civil nuclear technology comes with unlikely but dangerous risks that shouldn’t be overlooked.

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