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Pastor Frank Williams Has a Calling to ‘Become Part of the Solution’
As a child in Bronx, N.Y., in the 1980s, pastor Frank Williams dutifully went to church with his mother and grandmother every Sunday. “I didn’t know it was Southern Baptist,” he recalls. “It was just our church.”
It wasn’t until Rev. Williams studied at a seminary in his late 20s that he learned that the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, was founded by slaveholders before the Civil War. Disturbed, he asked his pastor and mentor, Samuel Simpson, how he...
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Costume Designer Bob Mackie Made the Stars Glitter
Over six decades, his designs shaped the image of Cher, Carol Burnett and other icons
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John Musgrave Helps Vietnam Veterans Find Their Way Home
A Marine turned war protester and poet reckons with his experiences in a new memoir.
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James Ivory Mastered the Art of Adaptation
For the director of classic films like ‘Howards End,’ evolving as an artist and accepting his sexuality were closely connected
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Novelist Elizabeth Strout Never Judges Her Characters
The Pulitzer prize-winning writer returns to the story of Lucy Barton in her new book.
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Frank McCourt Wants to Build a New Model for Social Media
The real estate magnate’s Project Liberty is a $250 million effort to remake the ways we share information online.
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Tech Founder Michael Dell Is Navigating a Changing Industry
The pandemic is the latest challenge and opportunity for the personal computing veteran in a career that began in the 1980s.
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Patti Davis Has Wisdom to Share With Alzheimer’s Caregivers
In a new book, she offers lessons from her experience with her father, former president Ronald Reagan.
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Helene An Reinvented Vietnamese Food in the U.S.
At 77, the ‘mother of fusion cuisine’ is guiding her family’s business through the challenges of the pandemic
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Samantha Cristoforetti Is Heading Back to Space
After publishing a memoir, the Italian astronaut will return to the International Space Station next year as its commander
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Charles Best Knows What Teachers Need
Two decades after founding DonorsChoose out of his classroom in a Bronx high school, the nonprofit’s CEO is preparing to hand over the reins
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Super Bowl Champion Malcolm Mitchell Knows the Challenge of Reading
The former NFL wide receiver draws on his own early struggles with literacy to promote the power of books.
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Tennis Legend Billie Jean King Transformed the Game
While winning 12 Grand Slam titles, the star helped create opportunity for female players
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Alaa Al Aswany
In a new novel, Egypt’s celebrated dissident assesses the complicated aftermath of revolution.
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Mari Eder Was an Army ‘Unicorn’
After a pioneering military career, the retired major general has written a book about the experiences of women in World War II.