The cardboard box that transformed rape investigations
In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy writes about the tool’s inventor and others who have fought for its ...
The rape kit was invented by a woman. So why did a man take credit for so long?
Kennedy had this dream in 2018, just as the country was held rapt by Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony that future Supreme ...
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What America's longest-held prisoner of war can teach us about this political moment
Northampton, Massachusetts, writer Barry Werth's latest book is "Prisoner of Lies." It's about Jack Downey, a CIA operative ...
Series hopes to draw more book lovers
By Barry Porterfield | [email protected] A closer dive into a dark chapter of Oklahoma’s history is the theme of the next “Let’s Talk About It” book lecture series at Pauls Valley’s public ...
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There’s a Library of Dreams at the Grolier Club
Seeing the titles in the club’s Rare Book Room is much like visiting the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, where ...
Judge Cannon Blocks Release of Special Counsel’s Final Report on Trump
Judge Aileen M. Cannon, a Trump appointee who had dismissed the documents case in its entirety, temporarily barred the ...
How does Mike Leigh make a movie? It’s complicated, but his actors wouldn’t have it any other way
Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunited with her 'Secrets & Lies' director to make the harrowing 'Hard Truths.' We spoke to them both ...
Why the ‘race for space’ has only just begun
On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun and his team of engineers surrendered to American ...