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Pulitzer Prizes honor journalists under threat with new crop of winners

Pulitzer Prizes honor journalists under threat with new crop of winners

Prize Administrator Dana Canedy is stepping behind the lectern Monday to deliver good news to distinguished journalists, authors, musicians, scholars and others ranging across 21 categories.
by Colin Dwyer

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Biographer Robert Caro on fame, power and 'Working' to uncover the truth

Biographer Robert Caro on fame, power and 'Working' to uncover the truth

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist was never interested in only telling the stories of famous men. Instead, he says, "I wanted to use their lives to show how political power worked."
by Dave Davies

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Noah's wife gets a name in 'Naamah'

Noah's wife gets a name in 'Naamah'

Sarah Blake's new book retells the biblical flood from the point of view of Noah's wife -- who never has a name in the Bible, but who nevertheless helped humanity (and all those animals) survive.
by Sacha Pfeiffer

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New Aretha Franklin documentary comes to theaters

Nearly 50 years after Aretha Franklin performed in Los Angeles with the Southern California Community Choir, a documentary about the concerts is finally hitting theaters.
by Cathy Wurzer

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White singers in Hungary claim to be African-American, for an opera

White singers in Hungary claim to be African-American, for an opera

The Gershwin estate stipulates that "Porgy and Bess" should be performed by an all-black cast. The Hungarian State Opera in Budapest reportedly asked its mostly white cast to say that they are black.
by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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Beyond crabgrass: A look at America's 'Radical Suburbs'

Beyond crabgrass: A look at America's 'Radical Suburbs'

Amanda Kolson Hurley is well-acquainted with suburbia's many negative stereotypes. But in a new book, she asks us to take a look at what is possible in this realm when the human spirit is at its best.
by Etelka Lehoczky

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The Five: GoT's horrible pilot, Baby Shark's origin story, and a new single from Vampire Weekend

Almost every week, senior producer Stephanie Curtis stops by to tell us what to read, watch, listen to or experience. Here's her roundup for the third week of April 2019.
by Stephanie Curtis and Kelly Gordon

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50 years since Tommy Roe's 'Dizzy' topped the pop chart

Roe, who had six Top Ten hits in the course of his career, toured the U.K. with the Beatles in 1963. Initially, he was the headliner — but as Beatlemania grew, they swapped places on the bill.
by Cathy Wurzer

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