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Author digs into family's 'Smalltime' mob operation, finds family secrets

Author digs into family's 'Smalltime' mob operation, finds family secrets

Russell Shorto's grandfather was a mob boss in the industrial town of Johnstown, Pa. Shorto writes about the family havoc that resulted from his grandfather's operation in his new memoir, “Smalltime.”
by Dave Davies

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'Finding My Voice': Hibbing native's YA novel reissue connects with new generation of readers

'Finding My Voice': Hibbing native's YA novel reissue connects with new generation of readers

One of the first Asian American young adult novels, “Finding My Voice,” is getting a third run this year since its first publication in 1992. But, the messages about racism, identity and family continue to resonate with readers who remember picking up the book years ago.
by Hannah Yang

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'Halfway Home' makes case that the formerly incarcerated are never truly free

'Halfway Home' makes case that the formerly incarcerated are never truly free

Sociologist, criminologist, and former jail chaplain Reuben Jonathan Miller says "no other marginalized group ... experience[s] [the] profound level of legal exclusion" that those once imprisoned do.
by Ericka Taylor

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Ep. 8: A pre-Super Bowl, pre-Valentine's Day potluck

Ep. 8: A pre-Super Bowl, pre-Valentine's Day potluck

We’re waxing nostalgic this week in The Warming House — remembering how wonderful it is to walk through art museums and hang out with friends, and how that’s changed since the Before Times. We also heard from a pair of pizza delivery pros and a two women organizing a massive mask-sewing effort.
by Nina Moini, Sean McPherson and Tiffany Hanssen

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Ida. B Wells: The life and power of the pioneering journalist

Ida. B Wells: The life and power of the pioneering journalist

Kerri Miller is here with her Thread Must-Read book recommendation.  This week she’s got the story of a pioneering journalist and often-overlooked crusader more Americans should know about.
by Kerri Miller

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'We Came, We Saw, We Left' takes us on one family's gap year adventure

'We Came, We Saw, We Left' takes us on one family's gap year adventure

Dartmouth's Charles Wheelan, author of “Naked Economics,” writes about his nine-month globetrot in 2016 with his wife and their teenagers — offering a refreshing escape during these isolating times.
by Carson Vaughan

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Corky Lee, who spent decades photographing Asian American life, dies at 73

Corky Lee, who spent decades photographing Asian American life, dies at 73

Corky Lee "considered his camera to be a sword wielded against stereotypes and injustice,” longtime friend Renee Tajima-Pena said. “His photos years and decades later continue to arm us and tell our story as Asian Americans through our own lens.”
by Andrew Limbong and The Associated Press

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Actor and author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'

Actor and author Ethan Hawke: Writing 'Forces You To Think Through Things'

Hawke's latest novel is called “A Bright Ray of Darkness.” It's about a famous young actor in a crumbling marriage who immerses himself in a Broadway production of Shakespeare's Henry IV.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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