Year: 2018
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The New York Times: Aziz, We Tried to Warn You
In 1975, 42 years before the comedian Aziz Ansari reportedly brought a date home to his apartment and repeatedly tried to initiate sex with her after she told him “next time” and “I don’t want to feel forced,” Susan Brownmiller published “Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape.” “All rape is an exercise in power,”…
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Pick Your Parade: How to Do Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Mardi Gras is New Orleans at its peak: colorful, over-the-top, and full of vibrant history and tradition. The festivities range from colorful street masks and costumes to balls: masquerade parties that occur at the end of a parade where the Mardi Gras royalty present themselves and party with their friends and the paying public.
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Best Chinese Food in Vancouver’s “New Chinatown”
Whether you’re looking for spicy Sichuan or Hunan fare, handmade noodles and dumplings like you’d see in Shanghai, delicately seasoned Cantonese seafood, or the hearty lamb dishes of China’s western provinces, you’ll find it in Richmond, BC.
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8-Day Falkland Islands Travel Itinerary
For visitors to southernmost Patagonia, the Falklands make an intriguing detour, but an inflexible one. The islands offer unique wildlife viewing opportunities. Colonies of Sea Lions, Elephant Seals, Penguins and other sea birds are a must-see for travelers.
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Visiting Patagonia’s Perito Moreno National Park
The Sierra Colorada’s intensely colored sedimentary summits are the backdrop for the lake-laden, wind-whipped, and wildlife-rich high country of Parque Nacional Perito Moreno, which is possibly Patagonia’s wildest park.
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HBG Big News This Week: January 8-12, 2018
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Jamaica’s Best Waterfalls
From lively swimming holes to secluded mountain rivers, you'll fall in love with Jamaica's waterfalls. Here's how to hike, admire, or swim in the best falls on the island.
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6 Books to Help You Achieve Balance
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David Patrikarakos’s WAR IN 140 CHARACTERS reviewed in Newsweek
“Thoughtful and immensely enjoyable...A timely reminder that journalism...is a small—and vital—part of the solution.”
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Karl Sigmund’s EXACT THINKING IN DEMENTED TIMES reviewed in the Washington Post
“Delightful…Sigmund has produced a stimulating account of the Circle, not only stating with clarity its ideas but also giving colorful portraits of and personal stories about its members.”
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GRASS ROOTS author Emily Dufton interviewed on CBS News
Dozens of retailers in California have been licensed to begin selling recreational marijuana on New Year's Day. Emily Dufton, author of "Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America," joined CBSN to discuss whether we'll see other states follow suit.