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A Lunar New Year Message From The Bidens (The White House)

Why the Bidens' holiday warmth matters

Ashlie D. Stevens

Our enduring love affair with falsetto

Helen Pridmore - The Conversation
The Black Church (PBS)

PBS' ambitious & fraught "Black Church"

Melanie McFarland
Spiral staircase to St Stephen's Basilica dome, Budapest (Getty Images)

Why focusing on intent won't stop racism

Patricia Roberts-Miller
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Amy in "Strip Down, Rise Up" (Netflix)

Netflix's irresponsible pole dance film

Pallavi Yetur
Omar Sy in "Lupin" (Netflix)

Meeting France's gentleman thief, Lupin

Emma Bielecki - The Conversation
The Featherington clan in "Bridgerton" (Netflix)

Defending Bridgerton's fashion faux pas

Danielle Dove - The Conversation
The Luminaries (Starz)

The lovely con of "The Luminaries"

Melanie McFarland
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Alanis Morissette as herself (and the Aurora Borealis) on "The Great North" (FOX)

Alanis Borealis glows in The Great North

Ashlie D. Stevens
Circa 1390, Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1342-1400). English poet, soldier and diplomat 1360-70. Wrote 'The Canterbury Tales.' ((Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images))

Valentine's Day in the Middle Ages

Jennifer Wollock - The Conversation
Patty Smyth (Photo by Melanie Dunea)

Patty Smyth on 6,000 miles of Abbey Road

Nicole Michael
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, "WandaVision" (Marvel Studios/Disney+)

Bingeing not as exciting as weekly shows

Esperanza Miyake - The Conversation
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Ronald Leopold executive director of the Anne Frank House presents two unknown pages of Anne Frank's diary (BAS CZERWINSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

5 websites teaching about the Holocaust

Jennifer Rich - The Conversation
Steven Yeun in "Minari" (A24)

"Minari" and the grief of upset promises

Paula Young Lee
American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 20, 2021. (PATRICK SEMANSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Why spoken word poetry belongs in school

Kathleen M. Alley, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, Wendy R. Williams - The Conversation
Odessa Young as Frannie Goldsmith and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abigail in "The Stand" (Robert Falconer/CBS All Access)

Stephen King's woeful Black Girl Magic

Melanie McFarland
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Shuya Chang and Louise Linton in "Me You Madness" (STX Films)

A bipartisan comedy to annoy us all

Gary M. Kramer
Justin Timberlake attends the Songwriters Hall Of Fame 50th Annual Induction And Awards Dinner at The New York Marriott Marquis on June 13, 2019 in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Songwriters Hall Of Fame)

Timberlake sorry for sexist behavior

Ashlie D. Stevens
Rebecca Breeds as Clarice Starling in CLARICE on the CBS Television Network (Brooke Palmer/CBS)

Can you hear the lambs snoring, Clarice?

Melanie McFarland
(L-R) Darrell Britt-Gibson as Bobby Rush, Daniel Kaluuya as Fred Hampton, and LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O’Neal in Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Judas and the Black Messiah.” (Glen Wilson / Courtesy Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

The FBI's execution of Fred Hampton

D. Watkins
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Gina Carano as Cara Dune in "The Mandalorian" (Disney+)

Mandalorian actress fired for Nazi post

Ashlie D. Stevens
Maddie Ziegler in "Music" (Vertical Entertainment)

Sia's cringeworthy film exploits autism

Matthew Rozsa
Host & Survivor Charisma Carpenter speaks onstage at the " Surviving Evil With Charisma Carpenter" panel discussion during the Investigation Discovery portion of the 2013 Summer Television Critics Association tour - Day 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 25, 2013 in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Buffy star details alleged Whedon abuse

Manuela Lopez Restrepo
Demián Bichir and Robin Wright in "Land" (Focus Features)

Robin Wright on her healing film "Land"

Gary M. Kramer
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