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Haberman and Swan on 'Regime Change,' their book on Trump's unconstrained 2nd term
A new book by veteran reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan is offering one of the most revealing looks to date inside the second Trump White House. It’s called "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump." Amna Nawaz…
Adam Met's Brief But Spectacular take on building fan-based movements
Adam Met is best known as the bassist of the multi-platinum band AJR. But offstage, he’s a climate scholar, educator and advocate. His recent book, "Amplify: How to Use the Power of Connection to Engage, Take Action, and Build a…
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WATCH LIVE: Bruce Springsteen: Finding America in Song | A PBS News Special
In a special half-hour broadcast, PBS News' Geoff Bennett sits down with Bruce Springsteen for a rare and deeply personal…
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Dave Portnoy and Amna Nawaz discuss media and controversies on 'Settle In'
Dave Portnoy, the outspoken, unapologetic, polarizing founder of Barstool Sports, has written a memoir called "Cancel Me If You Can."…
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Willy Vlautin on spotlighting working-class American life in his novels and music
Novelist Willy Vlautin built his career writing about people on the edges of the American dream: working-class families, lonely alcoholics,…
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WATCH: Music industry legend Clive Davis remembered in funeral with Springsteen, Dionne Warwick
Kenny G played a mournful sax solo, Jennifer Hudson's voice soared and Bruce Springsteen spoke glowingly at the funeral Monday…
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Black Opera Project celebrates resilience and richness of the Black American experience
Imagine a world 400 years in the future, where a young woman is forced into exile after discovering she carries…
Heat catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared as models face the sun in fur and wool
The most coveted accessory at the Paris Fashion Week shows this week was not a bag, a sneaker or a…
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America's oldest hospital preserves the nation's history of medicine and health care
There's a new museum in Philadelphia, but its building and mission date back to before this country was founded. Senior…
David Clayton-Thomas, powerhouse lead singer of brass rock band Blood, Sweat & Tears, dies at 84
Clayton-Thomas was a onetime street fighter and petty thief from Canada who briefly became a rock superstar.
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Walter Isaacson on what he calls 'The Greatest Sentence Ever Written'
Ahead of America's 250th anniversary, author Walter Isaacson has turned his attention to a single sentence in the Declaration of…
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Music industry titan Clive Davis, who turned artists into stars across genres, dies at 94
The music industry lost a titan on Monday. Clive Davis, who nurtured artists across nearly every major genre for more…
Clive Davis, music industry starmaker, has died at 94
Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry's most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the…
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Derrick Adams celebrates the joy of the Black American experience through art
As the rainbow array outside Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art suggests, artist Derrick Adams is accentuating the positive. He celebrates…
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Andrew Lloyd Webber on the creative process behind his acclaimed musicals
One of the biggest hits on Broadway right now is a reimagined version of “Cats,” the legendary musical about a…
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WATCH: Barack and Michelle Obama open Obama Presidential Center with Springsteen, Stevie Wonder
Former President Barack Obama, joined by three former presidents, celebrated the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago in an…
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Shockoe Institute explores enduring impact of slavery and how to expand freedom today
The Shockoe Institute in Richmond, Virginia, opened its doors this spring to try to open minds about the enduring impact…