Arts

Smuggled Photos Document Thousands Of Detainee Deaths In Syria

3:04pm July 16, 2015

by Deborah Amos

About a year ago, a Syrian police photographer smuggled out photos of thousands killed by the regime. Now activists are showing the photos in rebel areas in Syria and this week in the U.S. Capitol.

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'Go Set A Watchman' Is A Revelation On Race, Not A Disappointment

11:02am July 16, 2015

by Errin Whack

If Mockingbird gave us a South that could be read in terms of black and white, Watchman reveals the gray complexity that is the real Dixie.

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We'll Get Together Then

10:21am July 16, 2015

Do you reach for a tissue every time the oldies station plays Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle"? Try to hold it together when Jonathan Coulton sings rewritten lyrics about classic children's games.

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Off The Rack

10:21am July 16, 2015

Proofreading matters! We've changed magazine titles by one letter to make them appealing to an even more niche audience. Maybe sip a margarita while browsing Lime Magazine?

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Stained Glass Playhouse Presents "West Side Story"

9:13am July 16, 2015

by David Ford

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Ritchy Issac (left) and Myles Linton (right) consider themselves part of sneaker culture, the subject of an exhibit now on display at the Brooklyn Museum.

New Exhibit Laces Together Sneakers And History

6:59pm July 15, 2015

by Ilya Marritz

From high-heeled kicks to Air Jordans, a traveling exhibit from the Brooklyn Museum encourages us to look at everyday footwear as exquisite objects of desire, and see "sneakerheads" as the historians.

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Tracing The Origin Of The Campaign Promise To 'Tell It Like It Is'

6:50pm July 15, 2015

by Geoff Nunberg

It's a common pledge of candor for a roster of presidential hopefuls. As linguist Geoff Nunberg explains, the promise to "tell it like it is" has its roots in black speech from the '40s and '50s.

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Obama: 'No Precedent' To Revoke Bill Cosby's Presidential Medal Of Freedom

4:56pm July 15, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The president said: "If you give a woman — or a man for that matter — without his or her knowledge a drug, and then have sex with that person without consent, that's rape."

Don Winslow has written 17 novels, including The Power of the Dog and The Cartel.

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'Cartel' Author Spins A Grand Tale Of Mexico's Drug Wars

4:42pm July 15, 2015

Novelist Don Winslow spent 10 years researching the Mexican drug wars. His new novel, The Cartel, reveals "a new generation of cartel leaders that are more violent, more sadistic" than ever before.

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After Fight For Life And Media Firestorm, 'Distressed Baby' Is Happy Toddler

2:11pm July 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

When a CEO blamed "distressed babies" for cuts to benefits last year, Deanna Fei discovered her infant was national news. She reflects on how she coped with a baby on life support — and in headlines.

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