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Recent Contributions

  • Chicago archbishop adds his voice to the calls for gun safety legislation
  • Famed author Jodi Picoult novelizes the pandemic in new book 'Wish You Were Here'
  • Hanukkah isn't Jewish Christmas. Here's the story of the holiday and why we celebrate.
  • Mario Vargas Llosa explores 1954 Guatemalan coup in new novel
  • Opinion: In Sondheim's essential lyrics, a soundtrack for life
  • Here's what 'Let's Go, Brandon' actually means and how it made its way to Congress
  • Nick Offerman on why he finds solace in the outdoors
  • Katie Couric goes behind the scenes in the cutthroat world of morning TV news
  • A gorilla's life and death, in two viral photos
  • She fled Saigon as a child. Now she's seeing parallels in Afghanistan