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Jane Austen Fans Celebrate the Beloved English Author's 250th Birthday

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How journaling can help you through hard times

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David Nayfeld, the chef behind the cookbook Dad, What's for Dinner?, makes a recipe called "stressed-out weekday pancakes" together with his daughter, Helena. Eric Wolfinger hide caption

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How to embrace the mess and teach your kids to cook

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Elaine and Karl Yoneda in March 1933. The couple would later be incarcerated with their son at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II. The Karl G. Yoneda Papers, UCLA Special Library Collections. hide caption

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‘Together in Manzanar’ exposes the realities of life in Japanese internment camp

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The new book Nothing More of This Land traces indigenous communities on Martha's Vineyard. Above, beachgoers on Moshup Beach in July 2010. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present

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What makes a restaurant "gay?" Genuine community. Getty Images hide caption

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In search of a safe place to cry...

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In Empire of the Elite, Michael Grynbaum tracks Condé Nast's decades of cultural dominance up through its decline today. Above, Vogue magazines at a newsstand during VOGUE World: New York in 2022. Sean Zanni/Getty Images for Vogue hide caption

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How did Condé Nast go from dominance to decline? A new book explains

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Stacey Abrams says her focus is on ensuring free and fair elections in 2026. Kevin Lowery/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Stacey Abrams warns of autocracy and voter suppression, doesn't rule out another run

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What a break from sex can teach you

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Calvin Duncan is the founder and director of the Light of Justice program in New Orleans. Zack Smith Photography/Penguin Random House hide caption

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Wrongly convicted, he became 'The Jailhouse Lawyer' — and helped free himself

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