For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.
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Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
It will be encumbered neither by norms nor the exigencies that compel speech in a democratic society.
Some health consequences might not become apparent for years—and anecdotal evidence is rife with confounding factors.
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Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Colorado legislators have put our state’s anti-discrimination law on a collision course with Title IX, the federal law that guarantees women and girls an equal opportunity to compete in sports, and female student athletes are paying the consequences.
That port is vital for food imports as its main port in Dubai remains inaccessible.
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NPR Staff,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2026
And a number of other imports through the strait, including aluminum, helium and fertilizer, among other goods, will raise prices for building materials, microchips and food.
Earthquakes with magnitudes under 3 are sometimes felt but rarely cause damage, according to seismologists.
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Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
Total lunar eclipses with magnitudes only slightly above 1 tend to appear lighter copper or reddish in tone rather than a very dark crimson, because the moon does not travel deeply through the shadow.
Alongside parks and trail systems, aquatic facilities emerged as one of the top priorities for Overland Park residents, Cindy Mendoza — a consultant who helped design the plan — told the City Council back in February.
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Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
Under prior presidential administrations, they were considered low priorities for deportation.
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