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I feel really happy today. A lot of wild stuff happened, but I feel happy anyway.
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Homage to Dolly Parton’s coat of many colors
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I just started watching this show and I have a lot to catch up on
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I am truly sorry to my fans who have been waiting for us to hit the stage this evening at @PruCenter. I was asked not to perform in order to give Ms. Baker her space and time to perform her show in its entirety. My band and I are extremely saddened we didn't get to perform for… Show more
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That woman killed her husband then sold a children’s book about grief. She’s a marketing machine.
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Breaking News: A pancreatic cancer vaccine provoked an immune response in half of the patients treated in a small trial, a finding that experts described as very promising. nyti.ms/3BhqG7E
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💜🕊️ On my new podcast #ThePrinceMixtape from , I had the chance to dive into the stories that made up Prince’s life. The first episode is all about how Prince became the international superstar we all know today: cnn.it/3L6qDkG
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BIG is a NYT Bestseller!! Thank you to everyone who has loved and supported this book!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️🌸🌸🌸
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"Every ending is one of many possibilities, one of many unknowns. Every ending is secret until it happens."
Three days left until Smith, , and discuss resolution and irresolution after memoir. Tix:
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Mickey Mouse Club was stacked but JC held his own! 
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I haven’t talked about it much here, but the employees at Powell’s Books (yes, where I work) are fighting for a living wage and better healthcare. Powell’s isn’t keen on giving us either. We’re asking folks to read, sign, and share this petition 💖
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Margaret Walker sued Alex Haley for plagiarism, claiming he’d stolen parts of her book JUBILEE for ROOTS. He settled and apologized. As always, listen to Black women washingtonpost.com/archive/politi
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This, what Eig describes as "journalistic malpractice" by Alex Haley, is astounding. The implications, the fact that this interview and its criticism shaped so much of how we understand the political field of the civil rights movement...wow
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We make up lots of stories about unhoused people and how they find themselves in that state, but the only thing we know for sure is that they can’t afford to live where they are. That’s simple but profound.
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Today it’s SheDaisy. That’s what *this* woman needs.
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Do you ever wake up with a hankering to listen to leann rimes all morning? Why does this keep happening to me?
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This really should have gotten more attention: Women in an Indiana prison became history scholars — and wrote the history of their very own institution. Incredible.
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(Wikipedia warriors, I know she was born in Michigan, but she was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana so suck it)
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Today I learned I share a hometown with E. Jean Carroll. Hoosiers are everywhere.
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“It’s like they didn’t trust me with my own bodily decisions,” Afrika Gupton-Jones. Underlying the atrocious rates of maternal mortality among Black women are both structural racism and plain old racist mistreatment.
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Join 's Alison Stewart and on May 22 at 6 PM for a conversation about LaValle’s newest book, ‘Lone Women.’ Tickets are available for in person and online streaming so get yours now:
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A reminder that ELLE terminated ’s contract after she accused Trump of rape. Women’s magazines don’t care about women. I say that having worked at them.
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ONE WEEK until Last Canto of the Dead is released! Witness Mateo and Chela’s epic love story in this thrilling conclusion to the Outlaw Saints duology on MAY 16TH!! Pre-Order here: readriordan.com/book/last-cant
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🚨BREAKING: GOP Rep. George Santos has been indicted on federal criminal charges.
Details to follow in thread as they become known. 🧵👇
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Being truly edited—I mean, within an inch of one’s life, in a way that has only happened to me a handful of times in my career—is bracing as hell. Not comfortable, but invigorating. Good editors make writers better & I hate that they are rarely allowed the resources to do so.
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Wow – we're so grateful for this support from , founded by and led by a team that includes , and more. This $50,000 grant will go a long way toward helping people forced to travel long distances for abortion care. Thank you.
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You are helping 35 people travel out-of-state for abortion care via a $50,000 investment in our trusted partner, @BrigidAlliance.
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Thank you to everyone who has come out so far to see the exhibition Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory at . There is still time to see the show before it closes on June 4th, I promise it's worth the trip.
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Closer to broadway 😈
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Federal investigators found more than 100 kids as young as 13 working overnights cleaning slaughterhouses after teachers at Nebraska middle school reported a child with acid burns
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These photos show children working in a Nebraska slaughterhouse – their faces are obscured. The Labor Department found more than 100 children were working in dangerous conditions, some reporting chemical burns. 60 Minutes reports, tonight.
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For 's Week of Writing, they've been publishing extraordinary pieces from folks in Atlanta—laid out in an incredible package—and giving "on-the-ground organizers space to reconstruct the popular narrative." Spend some time with these stories:
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