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PBS To Rebroadcast Its Remarkable 'Latin Music USA' Series From 2009
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PBS To Rebroadcast Its Remarkable 'Latin Music USA' Series From 2009

AltLatino Extra presents a Q&A with the co-creator and Supervising Producer of the seminal PBS music documentary series, Latin Music USA.

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This Week In Race: Fox Sued, Schools Resegregate, Shea Moisture Gets Thirsty

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This Week In Race: Fox Sued, Schools Resegregate, Shea Moisture Gets Thirsty

A racial discrimination suit is filed against Fox. Is an Alabama school district getting around integration? Shea Moisture apologizes for a commercial. And, there's a new philanthropist in town.

Arts & Life

'Dear White People' Creator Calls The Netflix Series 'A Conversation Starter'

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Justin Simien, the creator and writer of Dear White People, a film-turned-Netflix series about being black at a mostly white elite college.

'Dear White People' Creator Calls The Netflix Series 'A Conversation Starter'

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This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

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This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

Netflix's hit show, with its incessant and incisive look at race at a fictional Ivy League college, doesn't really focus much on white people at all.

This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

Elisabeth Moss and Samira Wiley star in Hulu's TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel — in which fertile women become reproductive surrogates for powerful men and their barren wives.

'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

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'Veep' Executive Producer On Making A Show About The 'Craven Desire For Power'

Fresh Air

The HBO series is now in its sixth season. Producer Frank Rich also writes a column for New York magazine about the intersection of politics and popular culture.

'Veep' Executive Producer On Making A Show About The 'Craven Desire For Power'

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Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale' Delivers A Timely And Feminist Message

Fresh Air

A new 10-part adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1986 novel stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman living in a totalitarian state. Critic David Bianculli says the miniseries depicts a bleak and haunting future.

Hulu's 'Handmaid's Tale' Delivers A Timely And Feminist Message

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Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Is Compelling — And Chilling

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Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Is Compelling — And Chilling

The adaptation of Margaret Atwood's dystopian 1985 novel is a horror show revealed in slow motion — and the true horror of its brutal, patriarchal future theocracy is how possible it seems today.

Hulu's 'The Handmaid's Tale' Is Compelling — And Chilling

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5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

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5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

The documentaries attempt to complete the picture of what transpired in LA in 1992 after Rodney King was beaten by police, showing how the riots affected a wide swath of Angelenos.

5 Films Look At The Los Angeles Riots From (Almost) Every Angle

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Albert Freedman, Game Show Producer Made Famous In 'Quiz Show,' Dies At 95

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Albert Freedman, Game Show Producer Made Famous In 'Quiz Show,' Dies At 95

In the 1950s, the television producer captivated audiences with the hit game show Twenty-One. Freedman later admitted that he had given questions and answers to contestants in advance.

Renée Elise Goldsberry Hopes 'Henrietta Lacks' Movie Will Start Conversations

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Renée Elise Goldsberry Hopes 'Henrietta Lacks' Movie Will Start Conversations

The actress plays a young African-American woman whose cells, which were taken without her knowledge or consent, went on to become "immortal."

Renée Elise Goldsberry Hopes 'Henrietta Lacks' Movie Will Start Conversations

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In A New 'Anti-Science' Era, Bill Nye 'Saves The World' With Same Optimism

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In A New 'Anti-Science' Era, Bill Nye 'Saves The World' With Same Optimism

"The Science Guy" dons his lab coat and bow tie uniform yet again, this time, in a a new political context. In his new Netflix series, Nye tackles climate change deniers and beyond.

In A New 'Anti-Science' Era, Bill Nye 'Saves The World' With Same Optimism

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