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'We have to get creative': Minn. Muslims prepare for a socially distanced Eid

'We have to get creative': Minn. Muslims prepare for a socially distanced Eid

The Eid celebration this year won’t be what it used to be. There are no big festive gatherings at homes, no dining at all-you-can-eat restaurants and no hanging out at the Mall of America and Valleyfair for kids and teens.
by Ibrahim Hirsi

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Pandemic makes evident 'grotesque' gender inequality in household work

Pandemic makes evident 'grotesque' gender inequality in household work

With more people staying home due to COVID-19, journalist Brigid Schulte says it's impossible to ignore "the fact that women bear so much more of the burden of child care and housework."
by Terry Gross

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Art Hounds: Labor Camp's daily COVID-19 reports

Art Hounds: Labor Camp's daily COVID-19 reports

Plus, Art Hounds recommend two very different songs by Minnesota musicians.
by Marianne Combs

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'Brown Album' centers on the erasure of race in American culture

'Brown Album' centers on the erasure of race in American culture

Porochista Khakpour's work is strongest when she turns the lens on herself to examine how she, too, is complicit; many essays here are just too tantalizingly brief to allow space for deep analysis.
by Hope Wabuke

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Author Curtis Sittenfeld explores ‘what-if’ in ‘Rodham’

Author Curtis Sittenfeld explores ‘what-if’ in ‘Rodham’

What if Hillary Clinton hadn’t married Bill Clinton? In her newest novel, “Rodham,” author Curtis Sittenfeld explores an alternate life for the former presidential candidate and secretary of state.
by Breann Schossow and Kerri Miller

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Thread Must-Read: Curtis Sittenfeld's 'Rodham'

Thread Must-Read: Curtis Sittenfeld's 'Rodham'

The novel “Rodham” explores what might have been for Hillary Clinton if she hadn’t married Bill Clinton. Kerri Miller shares her experience reading this what-if tale.
by Kerri Miller

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Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It to Beaver,' dies

Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It to Beaver,' dies

Ken Osmond's Eddie Haskell stood out among many memorable characters on the classic family sitcom “Leave it to Beaver,” which ran from 1957 to 1963 on CBS and ABC, but had a decades-long life of reruns and revivals.
by The Associated Press

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