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WATCH: The loves that made James Baldwin
Author Nicholas Boggs on his new book, "Baldwin: A Love Story," how the political is personal, and whether America can learn how to face — and love …
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The Ink
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Nicholas Boggs
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Leigh Haber
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ESSAY: America after the fire
It is harder than ever to picture an America beyond this abyss. Here is one vision
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Anand Giridharadas
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James Baldwin in love
Join us as The Ink Book Club talks to Nicholas Boggs about "Baldwin: A Love Story," his new biography of the iconic writer and thinker
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The Ink
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Leigh Haber
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WATCH: Does the United States want -- or need -- a king?
Journalist and royal family expert Tom Sykes on Donald Trump’s state visit to the U.K., why Meghan and Harry left it all behind, and the future after…
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Anand Giridharadas
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Tom Sykes
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WATCH: Rep. Ro Khanna proposes a truce between the two Americas
Plus: We talk Charlie Kirk, Jeffrey Epstein, a government shutdown, and more
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Anand Giridharadas
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The new McCarthyism
As the country argues who's responsible for political violence, is a new blacklist being written?
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The Ink
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TODAY: Live with Rep. Ro Khanna
We will talk Epstein, Kirk, shutdown, and more
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Anand Giridharadas
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The poet as historian
How Kevin Young's "Night Watch" reveals the past through verse
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Leigh Haber
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The Ink
Blood feuds, bad jobs, making meaning
Weekend reads for September 13, 2025
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The Ink
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Two good-news stories about democracy
Lessons from Nepal and Brazil
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The Ink
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ESSAY: A turning point
On Charlie Kirk, civic contempt, and the endangered idea at democracy's heart
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Anand Giridharadas
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Charlie Kirk
Today the right-wing activist and movement leader Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
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Anand Giridharadas
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