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Steven Garza is the underdog in the mock-race for governor in the documentary Boys State. He counts Bernie Sanders among his political heroes.

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'Boys State' Helps Teens Learn How Politics Work — Perhaps A Little Too Well

1:43pm August 12, 2020

by Justin Chang

A new documentary follows 2018's Texas Boys State, a week-long summer experiment in which teens form their own representative democracy. The mock election highlights flaws of the real-life system.

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When Redstone was about 30, he went to work for his father who owned a few drive-in theaters in New England. He eventually turned his father's business, National Amusements, into a national theater chain.

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Media Titan Sumner Redstone, Who Made Viacom A Global Empire, Dies At 97

1:31pm August 12, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

"Content is king" was Redstone's mantra. Known for his shrewd deal-making and public family feuds, the powerful corporate leader reigned over an astonishing wealth of networks, studios and brands.

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New York Philharmonic first violinist Kuan Cheng Lu, playing for a socially distanced audience of two at Lincoln Center on July 31.

During A Lonely New York Summer, Lincoln Center Brings Music To Essential Workers

10:28am August 12, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

America's biggest arts complex hasn't been able to present its regular programming due to the pandemic. Watch one of the private outdoor concerts organized for healthcare professionals and teachers.

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Trini Lopez, 'If I Had A Hammer' Singer, Dies Of COVID-19 Complications At 83

10:03am August 12, 2020

Legendary musician Trini Lopez has died of coronavirus complications in a Palm Springs, Calif., hospital at the age of 83. NPR remembers his life and legacy.

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Blood on the River: A Chronicle of Mutiny and Freedom on the Wild Coast, by Marjoleine Kars

In 'Blood On The River,' The Berbice Rebellion Foreshadows Later Insurgencies

7:59am August 12, 2020

by Martha Anne Toll

Marjoleine Kars recounts a tale of oppression, bloodshed, and some triumph in her previously untold account of the 1763-64 slave rebellion in Dutch Berbice, modern day Guyana.

A Black Lives Matter mural, being painted on the street outside the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery on July 18, 2020 in Minneapolis.

Trying To Fund, And Found, A Venue For 'Radical Freedom Of Expression' In Minneapolis

6:01am August 12, 2020

by Jeyca Maldonado

Three longtime members of the Minneapolis music scene are trying to start a new venue aimed at fostering art from marginalized communities there.

Unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 9, 1930 during the Great Depression.

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Fifty Years After Studs Terkel Published 'Hard Times' ... Here We Are Again

5:35pm August 11, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

Studs Terkel's bestselling oral history of the Great Depression came out in 1970. Who could've guessed it would feel so relevant half a century later?

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A 2016 photo of a sign for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis.

Opera Theatre St. Louis Administrator Accused Of Child Sex Trafficking

5:33pm August 11, 2020

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

Damon Bristo was arrested on July 22 on the suspicion of the sex trafficking of a child in the second degree. The opera company announced Tuesday that Bristo has resigned.

"I've never heard any Republican officeholder speak of President Trump as if he should be president," says GOP strategist Stuart Stevens.

Veteran GOP Strategist Takes On Trump — And His Party — In 'It Was All A Lie'

3:34pm August 11, 2020

by Dave Davies

Political consultant Stuart Stevens says the Republican Party's support for Trump reflects the abandonment of principles it claimed to embrace, such as fiscal restraint and personal responsibility.

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Sketches Out Life In The Bottom Berths Of The Starship

2:18pm August 11, 2020

by David Bianculli

A new CBS All Access cartoon focuses on the ensigns who populate the ship's lower decks — and are charged with mostly menial tasks, like fetching drinks or repairing food replicators.

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