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Latinx Authors Celebrated In Virtual Children's Book Fest

5:13pm December 12, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Las Musas, the Muses, is a group of Latina writers who held their first LatinX KidLit Book Festival to celebrate authors, illustrators and books by and about LatinX people.

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich testifies before the Joint Economic Committee on Jan. 16, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Robert Reich, Former Secretary Of Labor, On Leisure

3:15pm December 12, 2020

We've invited the economist to play a game called "Secretary of Leisure": Three questions about things famous people do to relax.

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Holiday Cards Bring Small Joys In A Tough Year

10:58am December 12, 2020

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Chandra Greer, owner and founder of Greer — a stationery company based in Chicago — about holiday cards for a tumultuous year.

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British musician FKA twigs, arriving at the Grammy Awards in Jan. 2020.

FKA twigs Sues Shia LaBeouf, Accusing Him Of Domestic Abuse

7:00pm December 11, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The musician FKA twigs has filed suit against her ex-boyfriend, actor Shia LaBeouf, alleging that he had physically and mentally abused her. She says another ex-girlfriend has made similar claims.

Wonder Woman 1984, starring Gal Gadot, will open in theaters and stream on HBO Max when it's released on Christmas Day.

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Christopher Nolan Calls Warner Bros.' Shift To Streaming New Movies 'A Great Danger'

6:33pm December 11, 2020

by Ari Shapiro

In an interview with NPR, the blockbuster director said the studio's decision to stream movies on HBO Max on the day of their release will hurt the people who work in the movie industry.

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Republican Sen. Mike Lee, seen at a 2015 event, said the Smithsonian doesn't need "an array of segregated, separate-but-equal museums for hyphenated identity groups."

Sen. Mike Lee Blocks Legislation For Latino, Women's Museums

5:18pm December 11, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

In a move that infuriated supporters of museums to be dedicated to Latinos and women on the National Mall, the Republican senator blocked legislation Thursday that would lead to the creation of both.

After a 17-year separation, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine) greets his wife Esther (Zainab Jah) and daughter Sylvia (Ekwa Msangi) at JFK airport in the opening scene of Farewell Amor.

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An Immigrant Family Is Reunited After 17 Years In The Sweetly Moving 'Farewell Amor'

1:44pm December 11, 2020

by Justin Chang

The film opens in an airport where a man greets the wife and daughter he hasn't seen in years. Farewell Amor is a deeply empathetic story about the struggles and anxieties of one immigrant family.

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Check-In: Five-Year-Old Cheats

11:57am December 11, 2020

Ophira Eisenberg asks house musician Jonathan Coulton for advice on how to play board games with a child who can't stand to lose. Coulton suggests modeling the behavior of a "gracious loser."

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Sounds Of App-roval

11:57am December 11, 2020

Ashley Nicole Black (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Chelsea Devantez (Celebrity Book Club) are given a series of sounds, and they have to say what type of app they come from.

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Brains!!!

11:57am December 11, 2020

Chelsea Devantez and Ashley Nicole Black answer trivia questions about brains. So really, you're one brain listening to two brains talk to another two brains about themselves.

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