Star was known as an author’s article, often more creative and entertaining than the more boring Post. It was early proofreading ground for some of the best journalists of our time, including national political reporter David Broder, who eventually migrated to The Post, investigative star Jane Mayer of The New Yorker, and Maureen Dowd, columnist …
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Carl Bernstein’s new book “Chasing History” is his second memoir. his first, “Loyalties” It appeared more than thirty years ago, in 1989. “Loyalty” was about growing up in an idealistic and radical family—his father, a union organizer, was a Communist Party member in the 1940s—under constant surveillance and harassment from the FBI. The new one …
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One of the most important cultural milestones in the recent history of North American sports took place with grandeur and status as a shrug. In the 102-year history of the NFL, no openly gay player had competed in a regular season game until September 13. Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib just like he …
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“You almost had to have a college degree to understand that,” he said. He told The New York Times in 1987. “We put people of color on the brochure so people wouldn’t say, ‘This doesn’t affect me.’” This effort was also aimed at overcoming cultural taboos in minority communities. “AIDS cloaked the world that homosexuality …
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Since the pandemic began, American courts have brought millions of hearings online, a development known as “virtual justice.” Carl Hancock Rux’s elliptical “Vs”. adapts virtual justice to virtual theater. In this court the name of the crime is not disclosed and the identity of the accused remains a secret. Questioner? It would be you. Or …
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