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New play explores the life and work of Maya Angelou

3:20pm February 24, 2023

The new play performed by the North Carolina Black Repertory Company chronicles the poet, author, entertainer, and activist’s entire life from rural Arkansas, to world traveler, to Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Joichi Ito stepped down as Director of the M.I.T. Media Lab on Saturday after a New Yorker article alleged the lab concealed its ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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M.I.T. Media Lab Director Steps Down Over Financial Ties To Jeffrey Epstein

7:38pm September 07, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Joichi Ito's resignation comes a day after an article in The New Yorker reported the lab concealed its relationship with Epstein, who helped solicit millions in donations from other wealthy donors.