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What one family’s experience trying to get from Afghanistan to America says about the nation’s gender politics.

In 1955, the polio vaccine was rightly heralded as a miracle. A medical mystery threatened to derail it.

A story of soft (and cuddly) power.

How a cable TV law procedural became the internet’s favorite show

A tentative agreement has been reached between the studios and the writers’ guild. But what about the actors?

Graphic novelist Dave Chisholm is also a jazz musician himself.

What experts call linguistic self-censorship has not only taken over TikTok, but spread onto other platforms.

Zadie Smith’s new book The Fraud goes deep into a 19th century criminal trial whose politics speak to modern times.

Jenée Desmond-Harris is joined by author Caroline Moss.

How one southern university’s history is a bitter lesson in race and power.

Many names in the female reproductive system have roots in misogyny and racism.

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