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Introducing 'The Jazprose Diaries'
These diaries discuss Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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Why George Clooney's Broadway Broadcast Was an Epic Miscalculation
The actor's revival of 'Good Night, and Good Luck' on the Great White Way failed to understand why a CNN broadcast was bound to miss the mark.
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Why I Love My Fake Noguchi Coffee Table
This year, as part of its ongoing attack on People of Color, the White House rescinded Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. But it can…
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Can Pope Leo Lead the Fabulously Rich Catholic Church through the Eye of the Needle?
Liquidating the vast holdings of the Church to feed the poor may seem like a good idea in a movie. But the reality is far more complicated.
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The Trashing of Bill Belichick's Girlfriend Sheds a Revealing Light on 'Conclave'
All of a sudden the famous football coach has lots of concerned friends. Their attitudes go all the way back to Eve and reflect a dark truth at the…
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In 'Othello' Jake Gyllenhaal Goes After Denzel Washington Like Project 2025 on DEI
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Does Will Smith Have a 'Roid Rage' Problem?
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Jazz and the Wife Beater
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Making History at the Altar of God
The death of Pope Francis stirs memories of growing up Black and Catholic in the Deep South during segregation—and reminded me of an old-school bar…
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In 'Othello' Jake Gyllenhaal Goes After Denzel Washington Like Project 2025 on DEI
Call it 'passing strange' or mere coincidence. But there couldn't be a more relevant time to bring Shakespeare's play about racism, jealousy, and…
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Is Being an Older Woman Really as Bad as 'The Substance' Claims?
The film makes a gory case against misogyny turned inward and the dissing of women past a certain age. But how true is it?
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How Leontyne Price Beat the Odds
It took a lot more than the gene pool she shares with Dionne Warwick and Whitney Houston to turn the opera star into legend.
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A Face That Says It All—And Keeps on Saying It
While the United States still has a Black History Month, let's take a look at a photograph by Danny Lyon that transcends time and speaks volumes.
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How the CEO Murder Suspect Helped Me Chase the Clouds Away in Time for Christmas
It's not because I think he's hot. Or because I condone murder. It's because of his effable, effanineffable name.
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'Greek Lessons' Can Keep You Sane
Before she won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature, I'd never heard of South Korean writer Han Kang. Now I feel indebted to her.
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Jake Paul Beats Tyson, But Alex Jones Is the Winner
As millions focused on the Jake Paul, Mike Tyson boxing match, Donald Trump picked the InfoWars founder to lead a powerful new communications oversight…
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Rude Awakenings
'The Great Gatsby' exposed the dark side of America decades before the 2024 election. But some folks are about to have their eyes opened to its lessons…
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The Jazprose Diaries
These diaries reflect on Art, Culture, and Race with the mindful eye of a memoirist. Come on in. The water's fine.
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