In the news for the week ending April 3, 2026, are books, basketball, and bunny-shaped recipes.
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Promissory Lives
The old man’s writing advice: Don’t think so much. Do you think about eating when you’re eating?
Review: Fantasy Life — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott
Fantasy Life had me wishing just about every single character would just get on with their lives and, please, leave me out of it.
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Lost and Found: One Woman’s Struggle to Help Her Neurodivergent Brother
The population of older adults in America with an intellectual or development disability numbers over one million. What happens when their caretakers pass away?
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Women's Work
More on Women's WorkWomen’s Work: Rosie and Jenny Go to War
“Rosie the Riveter” has become synonymous with women’s work during World War II, but Rosie wasn’t the only mascot for the women’s war effort.
Women’s Work: Casting a Long Spell — Witchcraft in American History
Once a crime, the witch became a mirror for American fears and desires.
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Women’s Work: The Young Women Who Fought for School Integration
71 Years after Brown v. The Board of Education, what has — and hasn’t — changed?
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Women’s Work: Fighting to Serve — Black Nurses in World War II
Despite the military’s racial segregation policies, Black nurses made significant contributions at home and abroad during World War II.
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