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Author Michelle Singletary on managing your money during times of crisis

Author Michelle Singletary on managing your money during times of crisis

Host Angela Davis talks to Michelle Singletary, award-winning author, Washington Post columnist and frequent commentator on CNN and other national news networks about her latest book, “What to Do With Your Money When Crisis Hits.” 
by Angela Davis

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A fresh look at the intent of the Second Amendment

A fresh look at the intent of the Second Amendment

In her new book, historian Carol Anderson says the Second Amendment is more about keeping guns away from Black people than enshrining a right to bear arms in the U.S. Constitution.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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A Father's Day gift from Meghan to Harry is now a kids' book

A Father's Day gift from Meghan to Harry is now a kids' book

For Prince Harry's first Father's Day, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, got him a bench — and wrote a poem about the moments she hoped her husband and their son would share together there. It’s now the basis for a children's book.
by Samantha Balaban

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Ask a Bookseller: 'The Netanyahus'

Ask a Bookseller: 'The Netanyahus'

Hal Hlavinka of Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, N.Y., says he's been telling everyone about a new novel by Joshua Cohen, out June 22: "The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family."
by Emily Bright

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Author Lionel Shriver on her new book, ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’

Author Lionel Shriver on her new book, ‘Should We Stay or Should We Go’

Is it better for life to end before it decays into something unrecognizable? That’s the question at the heart of Lionel Shriver’s new novel, which touches on themes of dementia, aging and how to die with dignity — but in a surprisingly playful way.
by Kerri Miller, Kelly Gordon and Marcheta Fornoff

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'Forget The Alamo' author says we have the Texas origin story all wrong

'Forget The Alamo' author says we have the Texas origin story all wrong

In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.
by Dave Davies

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