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typography 8 weird punctuation marks that faded from the English language Sam Barton

censorship University of Pennsylvania affiliates face McCarthy-style treatment Natalie Dressed

book banning Texas school district fires 8th grade teacher for assigning Anne Frank's Diary Carla Sinclair

politics Israel strips its Supreme Court of power Rob Beschizza

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books School board debates lack of diversity in 'Lord Of The Flies' Thom Dunn

books Check out this new book about the man who read every single Marvel Comic ever written. Thom Dunn

mistakes Gigantic container ship blocks Suez Canal, creating an enormous queue Rob Beschizza

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police Florida police department tries to un-ironically recreate "Minority Report" Thom Dunn

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trump Trump insists he was trolling with the bleach suggestion, but he may have gotten the idea from a religious cult Thom Dunn

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