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My gay father raised me, but I felt a truer kinship with my mother

Erik Nelson's documentary ties together the many frayed threads of filmmaker David Crowley's short, troubled life

The city was quiet after nights of riots. Who deserves the credit: The police or citizens who armed themselves?

Opening our hearts to patriotism will not solve the problem of racist ideas

Before he died in custody, Epstein's lawyers were signaling his most powerful friends' secrets would be safe

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Lindsay Lohan burns like a flawed diamond in "The Canyons," and "Neurotypical" will make us question what is normal

Paul Weller talks about singing with Boy George, writing for The Monkees and his solo effort "A Kind Revolution"

Author Kyle Spencer on how right-wing funders turned Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens into media superstars

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