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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. reveals inspiring ancestors of novelist Amy Tan & poet Rita Dove. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. maps the roots of two award-winning writers: novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove, ...

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When a Russian émigré documented the closing of a soul food restaurant in Washington, D.C., he discovered much in common with his own history. By Alexander Nazaryan Times Insider explains who we are ...

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Move over, Eiffel Tower. Step aside, Sistine Chapel. Instead of heading to well-known tourist destinations, many travelers are exploring tiny towns and remote villages in a bid to connect with their ...

Tracking down the Well of Souls in Path of Exile 2's new Rise of the Abyssal league is the main way you start engaging with the seasonal mechanics. You'll likely have spotted the green-glowing rifts ...

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For this week’s Open Questions column, Dhruv Khullar is filling in for Joshua Rothman. When David Fajgenbaum was a twenty-five-year-old medical student, at the University of Pennsylvania, he started ...

When you install Python packages into a given instance of Python, the default behavior is for the package’s files to be copied into the target installation. But sometimes you don’t want to copy the ...