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Although we are committed to the practices of good journalism, Recess cannot address anti-Blackness with the distance and superficiality that often diminishes the intention of allies.
On May 24, The New York Times printed on its front page the names of 1,000 victims, just 1% of the over 100,000 people who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Among them, a newlywed, a jazz pianist, an educator and a portraitist — all members of a greater community.
When I was younger and everything seemed possible, I wanted to be a comedian.
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Why would a student at Duke choose to spend four years dedicating himself to a field whose prospects are seemingly so dim?
Marie Kondo and Audrey Gelman have, wittingly or not, made their honest messages into beautiful and fancy goods and services that fail to honor their original design.
Livelihoods, economies and entire cultures have been affected by COVID-19.
I didn’t grow up particularly religious. My parents rejected most political and corporate institutions with a persistent Gen X apathy.
I think out of all of Disney’s properties, I found comfort in the fantasy of Winnie the Pooh because, to me, it seemed like all of the characters could actually exist.
When I was a young girl, I hated Aphrodite.
In a 2005 commercial, my mother turns to the camera and beams, “My child wants to be an artist.”
As a kid, I absolutely loved the NBA. The league had the biggest and brightest basketball stars in the world, and being the six-year-old dreamer I was, I wanted to be just like them
I’m obsessed with music data. At this point, I might as well just call it what it is: an addiction.
The question caught me off guard.
YouTube is where I go when I want to be entertained — effortlessly, thoughtlessly, mind-numbingly entertained.
One of my favorite pieces I read in all my years of English classes was Albert Camus’s essay on the myth of Sisyphus.
Ever since the dawn of my movie-watching days, I have been singularly obsessed with animation.
Twenty years after it first premiered, “The West Wing” remains one of the most influential shows in modern TV history.
One of the first things I consciously remember reading as a child was a book on zodiacs.
My first exposure to female rap was Lauryn Hill’s “MTV Unplugged No. 2.0,” which my mother had on vinyl and would play most evenings after school.
I tend to discover music in one of two ways: either from the usual cycle of new releases and album reviews, or from a chance trip down the rabbit hole of Spotify’s related-artists feature.
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