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Penny Simkin, ‘Mother of the Doula Movement,’ Dies at 85

As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers…

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Disney Scrapped Their Show. An Unlikely Champion Saved It.

Canceled by Disney before it even aired, “The Spiderwick Chronicles” found a new home at Roku and has so far…

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José Andrés Eulogizes 7 Aid Workers Killed in Gaza

The chef voiced “regret, sorrow and anger” at a Washington memorial for the workers slain while delivering food for his…

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Sheppie Abramowitz, Who Advocated Relief for Refugees, Dies at 88

She helped people fleeing conflicts in Vietnam, China, Kosovo and elsewhere around the world, and established the Washington office of…

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What Columbia Should Have Learned From the Protests of 1968

Sending in the police to arrest students only inflamed tensions on campus then. Why would this time be different?

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Helen Vendler Believed Poetry Matters

She devoted her life to showing us how and why.

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How Biden Could Turn a Supreme Court Loss on Abortion Into a Win

If you had asked me at the start of this Supreme Court term what the blockbuster abortion case would be,…

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Speaking Russian in America

In January 2022, I was planning a summer trip to Ukraine and Russia for my 4-year-old son and me. I…

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A Dangerous Game Is Underway in Asia

This month, President Biden threw one of the most lavish state dinners in Washington’s recent memory. Celebrities and billionaires flocked…

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Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted

In a court filing, the Art Institute of Chicago fought Manhattan prosecutors’ efforts to seize an important Egon Schiele drawing,…

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