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US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

Column | How the Rev. Jesse Jackson taught me to keep hope alive

A fifth-grade speech by Rev. Jesse Jackson instilled self-worth that propelled a Black child from poverty and family instability to pursue writing and college.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Frogs for Watchdogs by Sean Farrell review about a boy

There's a particular energy to novels written from the point of view of small children. Humour, of course, in the things the child misinterprets; pathos in the things they feel they must keep hidden; jeopardy in the dangers we can see, and they cannot. As any relative or babysitter can attest, even the sweetest child can become mind-numbingly dull when they're all the company one has, so there's a skill to charm without boring.
Books
Television
fromVulture
1 month ago

All Creatures Great & Small Recap: Jodhpurs for All

Siegfried asserts independence despite loneliness from family abandonment; Jenny contemplates nursing school; James tends sick horses and repairs a stone fence; Tristan practices croquet.
Film
fromConsequence
3 months ago

Frosty the Snowman Voice Actor Had "At Least" Three Secret Families, Son Says

Jackie Vernon had at least three secret families before marrying Hazel Sawyer; he fathered sons named Ralph and abandoned those families.
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