DETROIT – “When a man goes missing,” says Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X, “does the sky bleed for him or does the sunset ignore his tears?” The beginning of a smoldering aria, these words may be the most poetic and poignant in Anthony Davis’ opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” It’s …
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SAN FRANCISCO – There was a time when Google offered a great vision of the future. driverless cars, augmented reality glassesunlimited storage of emails and photos, and prediction texts To complete the following sentences. More modest Google showcased Wednesday as the company kicked off its annual developer conference. The Google of 2022 is more pragmatic …
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For most of the year so far, new music sales have been quite remarkable, with even the #1 album releasing modest numbers each week. But those stagnations may now be over with a string of high-profile albums, including a hit new LP by rapper Future and a surprise release of Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, …
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Certain political and cultural events have triggered a series of emails from brands — sneaker, makeup and food companies — telling their customers they’re there during a stressful time or reminding them to vote. But a draft opinion obtained by Politico is that the Supreme Court’s Roe v. After Wade revealed his intention to overturn …
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How did the Forever Green Initiative come about? Well, if you really think about it, that happened in 1974. Philosophy has been there for a long time. One day I was giving a presentation and I basically set a topic for new flexible farming systems: evergreen crops. He caught Forever Green. What is the relationship …
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How did the Forever Green Initiative come about? Well, if you really think about it, that happened in 1974. Philosophy has been there for a long time. One day I was giving a presentation and I basically set a topic for new flexible farming systems: evergreen crops. He caught Forever Green. What is the relationship …
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Lim moved to Hong Kong when she was 5 years old. Born to a Singaporean Chinese father and a white British mother, he always “was hovering between two cultures like hungry ghosts flying between two worlds”. The “surprisingly Victorian” curriculum of his education did not help matters. There was little mention of China, and although …
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NASHVILLE — It’s fitting that the Nashville Stars, a team of 10 and under players, are named in honor of a former Negro league team that played in Music City in the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s. From the aggressive grassroots to the all-Black coaching staff and from the stands to the speaker shouting a mix …
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There are things that newsletter writer Kirsten Han missed about Substack. They just aren’t enough to get over the negativity. He disliked how the platform portrayed itself as a haven for less-resourced independent writers while offering six-figure advances to several prominent white men. The hands-on content moderation policy that allowed transphobic and anti-vaccine language didn’t …
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When is the groundbreaking pianist Chick Corea died unexpectedly last February at the age of 79.left a legacy of experimentation, preserving and expanding the jazz tradition. For more than half a century, he has masterfully navigated the ever-changing boundaries of music. Corea began his career playing Afro-Cuban percussionist Willie Bobo and spent time with bossa …
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The traditional view was that the pandemic would trigger a pervasive and lasting change in American habits from analog to digital. But what about the most basic habit, grocery shopping? Americans spend more on food than just about anything else, and how we buy food is considered a finger in the wind for assessing the …
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In her new film, documentary filmmaker Liz Marshall chronicles the rise of Upside Foods, a company that makes meat from animal cells. Source link