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MTV’s the State Look Back on Early Years in New Documentary: ‘It Was Intense in Every Way’
The new documentary 'Long Live The State' looks back at the career of the groundbreaking MTV sketch troupe The State. Watch exclusive clip ...
‘The Life of Chuck’ is an apocalyptic, soul-seeking puzzle that’s missing a few pieces
Stephen King and Mike Flanagan ("Doctor Sleep") are back for a mystical, ambitious tale with a dying (and dancing) Tom ...
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Worth Long made history, then recorded it
Richard Kurin, now a distinguished scholar at the Smithsonian, remembers Long during the 1990 Festival of American Folklife. In one tent, Long was telling tourists, “We’re in a church in Mississippi, ...
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Trump's secret weapon: How the Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' is rigging the system | Opinion
In an unsigned two-page decision (Trump v. Wilcox) released on May 22, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration’s ...
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This journalist was the real hero behind Joe McCarthy’s takedown
The mythology of Sen. Joseph McCarthy — in fresh focus as the Broadway version of George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” smashes box-office records — gets it right that a legendary American ...