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“Tengo Puerto Rico en Mi Corazon”: After Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Performance, Here are 10 Resources at Duke Libraries to Learn more about Puerto Rican History & Culture
Post by Roger Peña, Librarian for Latin American, Iberian, Caribbean and Latinx Studies Last Sunday, Over 127 million viewers tuned into the Super Bowl Halftime Show to see a performance by Puerto Rican-American artist, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as “Bad Bunny.” Hot off winning six Grammy Awards a week earlier, including Album of…
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Opinion – In 230 Executive Orders, Trump Has Reshaped America – The New York Times
Opinion Drafting A New America Photographs and Textby Taryn Simon In his first year back in office, Mr. Trump put his signature on more presidential directives than he did in his entire first term. On the first day of his second term, at the Capitol and before a crowd of cheering supporters, he set the…
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‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie – BBC.com
‘There’s nothing like boredom to make you write’: A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie 3 days ago By Greg McKevitt Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries have captivated audiences for more than a century, but, 50 years after her death, she remains an enigma. A rarely heard BBC interview from 1955 reveals some of the…
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From ‘rock n’ roll’ to TV dinners to ‘the Battle of the Sexes,’ boomers influenced American culture – AP News
U.S. News The oldest boomers are turning 80 in 2026. How much pop culture do you remember? By MIKE SCHNEIDER Updated 6:35 AM PST, December 23, 2025 18 OK boomers: The oldest of you are turning 80 in 2026, the vanguard of a “rock n’ roll” and “TV age” generation that left an imprint on…
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One of music’s best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly – NPR
Music One of music’s best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly The story of Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, is one of American ingenuity, cultural integrity and a century of free concerts. October 25, 20258:18 AM ET, Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday Tom Huizenga 6-Minute Listen Transcript The year is 1925. The Great…
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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art : NPR
Culture Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art August 24, 20255:07 AM ET, Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday By Mandalit del Barco, 5-Minute Listen Transcript The official White House newsletter has posted an article titled “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian.” It calls out some of the institution’s artwork,…
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Rethinking the role of Japan’s librariesーNHK WORLD-JAPAN NEWS – YouTube
But innovative solutions are giving libraries new roles in communities. #japan #children #art #culture #business #library More stories on business … Read MoreGoogle Alert – (library OR libraries OR librarian OR librarians) OR "public library"
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Money for Nothing: Finance and the End of Culture – Public Books
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Prompt 2024 from The Washington Post
The Washington Post NewsletterAsking the big questions about Washington and beyond.By Catherine Rampell, Columnist Of all Donald Trump’s recent hostile takeovers, perhaps the most perplexing was the president’s decision to seize control of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, one of the country’s prominent cultural institutions. Trump replaced the Board of Trustees,…
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The “Dazed and Confused” Generation | The New Yorker
People my age are described as baby boomers, but our experiences call for a different label altogether. By Bruce Handy, March 2, 2023 It has long been fashionable to hate baby boomers, “America’s noisiest if no longer largest living generation,” as the Times critic Alexandra Jacobs wrote recently. But I remain on the fence. I…
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America’s culture war targets librarians – Coda Story
Librarians across the country are under threat as efforts to ban books about marginalized groups reach a fever pitch By Erica Hellerstein, 21 December, 2022 Amanda Jones awoke one morning in late July to the buzz of a text message. The air was balmy already — Louisiana summer weather. Jones, a middle school librarian with…
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Why You Should Turn Subtitles On For Absolutely Everything – CNET
I use subtitles all the time. No matter what. By Mark Serrels, Sept. 19, 2022 5:10 p.m. PT “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” That’s Academy Award winner Bong Joon-ho, quoted from a Golden Globes acceptance speech all the way back in January 2020.…
