Articles filed under Washington Post
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Book review: 'Lincoln Conspiracy' sheds light on the attempted assassination of Abraham LincolnJun 15, 2020 6:00 am - "The Lincoln Conspiracy" by Brad Meltzer and John Mensch (Flatiron) So entrenched and revered is Abraham Lincoln in America's national myth that it is al...
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Spike Lee embraces role as an artist in tough times: 'I'm built for this'Jun 14, 2020 7:30 am - When Spike Lee phoned in for an interview late last week, New York was still in the throes of demonstrations against police brutality, a lockdown brought on by COVID-19 ...
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Book review: 'The Jane Austen Society' will especially delight the kinds of Austen fans who can recite 'Persuasion' from memoryJun 14, 2020 7:27 am - "The Jane Austen Society" by Natalie Jenner (St. Martin's) One of the most underrated aspects of Jane Austen's writing - devoted Janeites will no doubt a...
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Richard Marx is webcasting during the pandemicJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - Like so many, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers has been grounded by the coronavirus. So he has launched an Instagram Live show from his barn in Concord, Mass. Every T...
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Thinking about taking your remote work on the road? Consider these tips first.Jun 14, 2020 6:19 am - In May, Twitter announced that it would make remote work a permanent option for its 5,100 employees in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as man...
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The unluckiest generation in U.S. historyJun 14, 2020 6:17 am - After accounting for the present crisis, the average millennial has experienced slower economic growth since entering the workforce than any other generation in U.S. his...
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Wanted: Servers who can lift 100 pounds. Working life in the coronavirus economy is changing.Jun 14, 2020 6:12 am - As states reopened after coronavirus lockdowns, millions of Americans returned to work in May. Many found their hours were cut, their pay was reduced, and their job desc...
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Google-backed drones will drop library books so kids can do their summer readingJun 13, 2020 6:22 am - Kelly Passek has thought up a way to get kids to read this summer: deliver library books by drone. Passek, a middle-school librarian, was one of the first customers of a...
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Siri and Alexa say black lives matter, but tech is still criticized for lack of diversityJun 13, 2020 6:19 am - Ask Alexa or Siri or Google whether "black lives matter," and the voice assistants of some of the most powerful companies in the world are quick to answer in the affirma...
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Corporate America takes the internship online this summerJun 13, 2020 6:16 am - College students have already been uprooted from their dorm rooms to their parents' basements, forced to finish their semester online and faced with the dire prospect of...