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Topic: won’t you be my neighbor

Anthony Bourdain stars in Morgan Neville’s documentary ROADRUNNER. (CNN/Focus Features)

Watch: Poignant trailer for Bourdain doc

Ashlie D. Stevens
"Queer Eye;" "RBG;" "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Netflix/Magnolia Pictures/Focus Features)

A feel-good cheat sheet to survive 2018

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Fred Rogers testifying before the United States Senate in "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Library of Congress/Robert Lerner)

The radical politics of Mister Rogers

Chauncey DeVega
Fred Rogers with Francois Scarborough Clemmons from his show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the film, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (John Beale)

Why Mister Rogers was actually a badass

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Fred Rogers; Robert Kennedy (Gett/Family Communications Inc./Harry Benson)

What RFK & Mister Rogers had in common

Eileen G'Sell
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