Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson housing projects were built and black folks settled in, dreaming of moving in with their better-off cousins who lived near Lenox Avenue.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
After the Holocaust, only my father and two cousins remained; three people out of 700.
Harriet Wallace, who works for a Nashville social services agency, said police and firefighters were visiting homes to check on older adults whose relatives couldn't reach them by phone.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
The strained awkwardness of Adelina and Alban’s gestures of generosity underscore the class disparity between the city dwellers and their relatives.
In Khamenei’s worldview, normalizing relations with the United States has always been kryptonite, an existential threat to a regime whose identity was premised on resisting America.
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Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2026
Aubuchon declined an interview with The Enquirer via media relations firm Strategic Advisers.
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