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Dolly Parton was fond of saying, ‘It takes a lot of money to look this cheap.’ Paul Natkin/Getty Images

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Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke

Staff Writer - September 2, 2026

The legendary artist often spoke about her own evolving faith. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

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Dolly Parton was more than a musical idol – for some fans, she was a spiritual icon

Theatergoers arrive for ‘Leopoldstadt,’ a play about several generations of a Jewish family in Vienna, at Wyndham’s Theatre in London in 2020. Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images

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Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion – movies, plays, art and social media fill the gap

William T. Vollmann has spent his career refusing to distill the world into dichotomies. Maria Moratti/Getty Images

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Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000‑page novel

Crowds gather for a Pride march in New York in June 2026. New research shows that the boundaries of heterosexuality are changing for young women. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

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Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

Rapper Jay-Z poses behind his desk in the New York offices of Roc-A-Fella Records in April 1996. Nitro/Getty Images

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30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay‑Z’s career embodies hip‑hop’s biggest contradictions

Staff Writer - June 24, 2026

Taylor Swift’s filings sit at the messy intersection of copyright, publicity and trademark law, each of which addresses different aspects of AI deepfakes. Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo via Getty Images

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Taylor Swift trademarking her voice and likeness points to a new...

Staff Writer - May 28, 2026

Henry David Thoreau investigated the Sudbury River as America’s first river scientist. Robert M. Thorson

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Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

Staff Writer - May 10, 2026

Sylvia Moy was a trailblazing Motown songwriter. L. Busacca/WireImage for Songwriter's Hall of Fame

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Motown’s Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind...

Staff Writer - May 7, 2026

A mother leads her 7- and 9-year-old sons in a morning lesson during homeschool in Buffalo, Minn., in September 2023. Nicole Neri for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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The lasting appeal of homeschooling: What motivated families to continue after...

Staff Writer - May 5, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

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Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

Staff Writer - April 20, 2026

Hampshire College’s campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside‑the‑box options...

Staff Writer - April 18, 2026

When it comes to machine-produced ‘literature,’ does it really matter whether the outputs can pass for original art? J Studios/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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Thousands of AI‑written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold –...

Staff Writer - April 15, 2026

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