Traditional narratives obscure the role slavery might have played in Texas’ drive for independence and portray the Alamo’s defenders as freedom fighters.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
The narratives have started to run rampant leading up to the conclusion of the MLB season, and especially with the Dodgers' league-leading payroll and murmurs of an MLB lockout in 2027, one that has begun gaining traction, is that the Dodgers are Goliath and the Blue Jays are David.
The advisory board will consist of up to two delegates from each club, including investors, cultural leaders and sports legends.
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Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
As Drag Race viewers know, Plasma is a Broadway baby through and through, a Gay White Way devotee whose humor and style draws on legends like Barbra Streisand and Bernadette Peters.
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
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Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
The captive—and Cervantes—found something moving in those sonnets, something that gave them the will to hope.
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Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
There was a distinct set of tales dealing with demons who collected idle chatter in churches, and, over time, these stories were folded into the expanding legend of Tutivillus.
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JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2025
As is often the case with bifurcated tales unfolding between two distinct planes of existence, the characters in the Realm of the Spooks, also have their matching counterparts in Frankelda’s reality.
The 70-year-old star has always swung for the fences — often literally, in pastoral baseball idylls like Bull Durham and Field of Dreams — with bold, risky choices.
The cold open parodied several moments from the NYC mayoral debate, including Sliwa’s random anecdotes — such as his story about being shot multiple times in a yellow cab.
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Michaela Zee,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
According to several anecdotes, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, have previously embraced the spirit of the season and celebrated Halloween.
The event will feature stories from veterans and their families, patriotic music and updates from groups serving local veterans, such as the nonprofit Honor Flight and Patriot Guard.
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Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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