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Lee Fields used to be ‘Little James Brown,’ but these days, he’s all himself
Now touring on his new album, "It Rains Love," soul singer Lee Fields spoke with the PBS NewsHour on how he forged his own path, why he left the music business for several years, and what it was like meeting…
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Author Joel Stein on sticking up for the ‘intellectual elite’
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Google digitizes artworks in Puerto Rico for first time
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Disney suffers technical difficulties in launch of new streaming service
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Marie Kondo on how to fold children’s clothing
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