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Michael DirdaTHE WASHINGTON POST – Back in 2011, I reviewed Mat Johnson’s Pym, a wildly entertaining seriocomic novel that revisits – and updates – Edgar Allan Poe’s enigmatic, racially charged fantasy,...

As part of its commitment to support the health and safety of all students, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has created a new webpage to house resources for educators seeking...

BEGINNING IN THE last part of the century, crime fiction underwent a sea change as writers from communities that had served as the demimonde of classic noir — exotic and/or underworld...

Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade’s farewell to fans, narrated by his father, hit nearly 3 million views in just a few hours following the 23-year-old’s death from cancer.His dad says his son wrote...

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Prior to the Fourth of July holiday, I checked my rearview mirror to see if I had been followed into the post office parking lot.I was there to mail a package...

As a leader in computer science, Alan seems like a natural inspiration to Steve Jobs, who founded Apple in the 1970s. Between the Apple logo’s initial version, which had rainbow stripes,...

Public schools in Florida have begun implementing new policies to limit discussion of LGBTQ+ issues in classes following the implementation of the state's Parental Rights in Education law, also known as...

When I last met Jordan Peterson four years ago he was on the cusp of what some would call renown, others notoriety. Let’s settle for prominence. Peterson, a clinical psychologist, had...

In addition to the legislative attacks on women, gender-nonconforming people and LGBTQ+ lives, in June white-supremacist groups like the Proud Boys have attempted a military-style raid on Pride in the Park...

Keep on going out, or staying in, but either way, outstanding theater, music, films and podcasts deserve your attention. ARTS DANCE, OPERA, THEATER Anything Goes Sutton Foster stars in the recorded...

Kristi Lieske conducts a survey of horseshoe crabs spawning on a beach at the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area near Dover, Delaware Dover (United States) (AFP) – On a bright moonlit night, a...

Placeholder while article actions loadIn the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic reversal of Roe v. Wade, Texas appears poised to cement its place in the center of the battle over...

Florida State University’s faculty and staff are central to its mission and the key to its countless accomplishments. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individuals across campus. Our...

A new collection of books about the LGBTQ+ experience is now among the offerings at the UConn Health Sciences Library. “We hope that this collection can be used to inform and inspire,...

The animal kingdom isn’t nearly as straight as you think.Perspective by Eliot Schrefer June 30, 2022 at 8:55 a.m. EDT(Ælfleda Clackson for The Washington Post)Placeholder while article actions loadIn...

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(Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)Coming off a stronger-than-expected 2020 performance and buoyed by a favorable national environment, Texas Republicans met at their convention earlier this month in high spirits...

In October of 2015, I received one of those vaguely mysterious e-mails which journalists sometimes get. It came from an account under the name of “K. Lee,” generic enough to be...

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MOLINE, Ill. — Illinois Democrats are hoping to send a gay person to Congress for the first time in the state’s history. Voters in the 17th Congressional District in northwest Illinois on...

The animal kingdom isn’t nearly as straight as you think.Perspective by Eliot Schrefer June 30, 2022 at 8:55 a.m. EDT(Ælfleda Clackson for The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentGift...

SALISBURY — The South Rowan High School Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps conducted its annual awards and promotion day recently. During the close of the presentation, Cadet Dalton Gay of South Rowan...

Monkeypox, though far from a second pandemic, has health officials across the globe on alert. As of Monday, monkeypox has caused 3,413 cases and one death in 50 countries, with the...

Next week, in the year BirdLife celebrates its 100th anniversary, London will host its 50th Pride event, with 1.5 million people expected to attend. The society I live and have grown...

With the help of the Jewish community in Berlin, Dose and his friends launched a lecture series to mark 50 years since the destruction of the Institute for Sexual Science. Then...

Margherita Hack (pictured in 2012) is depicted in a statue unveiled on 13 June in Milan.Credit: Left, Nick Zonna/ipa-agency/Shutterstock; right, Massimo Sestini/Mondadori via Getty...

What’s your favorite Yiddish word? Along with Why aren’t you married yet?, it’s among my most dreaded questions. There’s a heavy implication that my answer should be something funny or—God forbid—colorful.I’d...

They might also have the option of using a pseudonym on their accounts. Most other platforms already allow for this, but "at present, Facebook still needs to know your real name",...

Monkeypox cases in the UK have exceeded 1,000 for the first time, with experts urging gay men to be wary of the virus ahead of more festivals and Pride this summer. The...

By James Finn | DETROIT – Somewhere in the U.S. this morning, a young girl is pregnant because she was sexually violated by somebody she trusts — a parent, an uncle,...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 22 of their colleagues in calling on Department of Health and...