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- Focus鈥榃e鈥檙e not projects鈥: Transracial adoptees insist on being seenRejecting extreme portrayals of their families and lives, transracial adoptees聽navigate nuance and urge parents to advocate against racism.
- In a tough season, how Philadelphia Eagles fans are keeping the faithLike many others, Philadelphia Eagles fans are keeping the faith as they adapt their traditions to a social distanced world.
- In a WordAs language evolves, names changeThe football team in the U.S. capital recently gained a very literal name: Washington Football Team. It鈥檚 a placeholder for a more offensive moniker.
- First Look2021 Grammy nominations: Black experience takes center stageThe nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards feature songs that focus on protest, police brutality, and the Black experience. Beyonc茅, with nine nominations, is the leading contender.
- First Look2021 Grammy nominations: Black experience takes center stageThe nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards feature songs that focus on protest, police brutality, and the Black experience. Beyonc茅, with nine nominations, is the leading contender.
- I learned to lean into the hillsCoach taught us we could always dig deeper. It wasn鈥檛 until much later that I grasped all that he鈥檇 meant.
- Your move: 鈥楺ueen鈥檚 Gambit鈥 offers viewers more than good chessBeyond its exhilarating chess scenes, popular drama 鈥淭he Queen鈥檚 Gambit鈥 asks an important question: How much sacrifice is success worth?
- Mini pumpkin pies can help Thanksgiving 2020 feel rightHow to make the most of a more modest Thanksgiving: from a scaled-down, main-dish centerpiece, to a lasting pen-and-paper approach for giving thanks.
- Dance explodes onto the virtual stageWhile our physical spaces may have become smaller, our virtual world has exploded 鈥 and dance companies everywhere are taking advantage of that fact.
- In a WordThe Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reclaims its languageBy the beginning of the 20th century, there were no living fluent speakers of聽W么pan芒ak. But today, a language program in Cape Cod is changing that.
- Angel practice鈥淵ou don鈥檛 get good at blessing overnight,鈥 our rabbi tells the congregation. So that was our homework.
- Why Hollywood turns a blind eye to China鈥檚 human rights abusesU.S. entertainment companies want access to China鈥檚 vast market. But critics say Hollywood bends too far to accommodate Beijing.
- Why Hollywood turns a blind eye to China鈥檚 human rights abusesU.S. entertainment companies want access to China鈥檚 vast market. But critics say Hollywood bends too far to accommodate Beijing.
- In a WordGo ... Nimrods? The odd origins of team names.Many people identify strongly with sports teams. What do the names of their favorites suggest about the teams, the games, and the faithful fans?
- Goodness gracious: 鈥楩ireball鈥 captures how meteors shape our planetIn 鈥淔ireball,鈥 people across the globe express a 鈥減ositively exhilarating鈥 passion for what has dropped from the sky, writes film critic Peter Rainer.
- Love plus comfort, with batting in betweenHow better to celebrate a baby than with a quilt? Especially when it鈥檚 a quilt with a themed pattern.聽
- First LookThe beloved host of 'Jeopardy!'? Who is Alex Trebek.Alex Trebek presided over the television trivia quiz show 鈥淛eopardy!鈥 for more than 35 years, and won five Emmy Awards with his dapper charm.聽
- In a WordAlmost everyone feels like an 鈥榠mpostor鈥 at timesIf a majority of us feel like frauds at least some of the time, is it really a 鈥渟yndrome鈥? Or is it a normal, if uncomfortable, part of being human?
- Cover StoryWomen created the blues. Now they are taking it back.Women are changing one of America鈥檚 oldest聽art forms 鈥 and showing that the electric guitar isn鈥檛 just for men anymore.聽
- A feathered member of the herdI took in a month-old chick at my friend's request.聽The young rooster had been a pet, so my hens rejected him. But my goats ...