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Club goers embrace at the approximate time one week ago that the Pulse nightclub mass shooting began. The music is turned off on the dance floor to observe a moment of silence at Parliament House, an LGBT nightclub early Sunday in Orlando, Fla. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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In Songs, Stories, Latino And LGBT Voices On How The Orlando Attack Feels Personal

The shooting in Orlando cut deep through the gay and Latino communities. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Xorje Olivares, Miriam Zoila Perez and Veronica Bayetti Flores about how the losses affected them.

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Mitski On 'Puberty 2' And The Nature Of Happiness

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Club goers embrace at the approximate time one week ago that the Pulse nightclub mass shooting began. The music is turned off on the dance floor to observe a moment of silence at Parliament House, an LGBT nightclub early Sunday in Orlando, Fla. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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In Songs, Stories, Latino And LGBT Voices On How The Orlando Attack Feels Personal

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Care to visit the statue of Genghis Khan in front of Ulaanbaatar's Parliament House? Better direct your steps to Undulations.Cheer.Androids. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Welcome To Mongolia's New Postal System: An Atlas Of Random Words

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Why My Mom Left Me Out Of Her Book

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"Collaboration is one of the finest gifts of artistry," k.d. lang (center) says. Together, she, Neko Case (left) and Laura Veirs (right) are case/lang/veirs. Jason Quigley/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Neko Case, k.d. lang And Laura Veirs On The Art Of Working Together

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