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Almost the entire country has signed onto the Common Core Standards Initiative. The standards incorporate more nonfiction texts across all subjects to improve reading scores. But some fear the push for nonfiction reading could lead students away from passionate engagement with literature.

Baldwin "gave me very early on the instruments I needed to ... deconstruct the world around me," Peck says. His documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, chronicles the life of the civil rights era writer.

Bannon has been elevated to the NSC's Principals Committee, the top interagency group for discussing national security. He formerly led Breitbart News, a platform for the alt-right movement.

NHL:In the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Rangers edged Montreal 2-1 to tie the series at 2 games apiece, Columbus skated by Pittsburgh 5-4 to narrow the gap…

Statues and flags may not do physical harm to anyone or suppress anyone's vote. But they meant something to the people who put them up, and they have meaning for people who see them today.

Migrant rights advocates warn that President Trump's attempts to shut down the refugee resettlement program will have long-term consequences.

Ruth Carter is the costume designer for the Marvel's Black Panther movie. She talks about how she grounded the movie's futuristic look in the history and traditions of tribes from all over Africa.

The Toronto International Film Festival has ended. This year, it offered socially distanced in-person screenings as well as virtual ones.

McBride's novel, Deacon King Kong, takes place in 1969, in a Brooklyn housing project similar to the one he grew up in. "In this book and in this community, people generally love each other," he says.

The Toronto International Film Festival is underway. Many likely Academy Awards contenders were unveiled at this year's festival.