Behind bars in D.C., many incarcerated people seeking solace turn to music. They write poems and songs. They share them in small gatherings. They rap and sing, accompanied by thumping feet and snapping fingers. It’s a rhythmic art form, usually heard only live, in brief moments, in the confines of D.C.’s Correctional Treatment Facility. But in June, several incarcerated artists gathered in the jail chapel to hear the songs they wrote like never before: played from speakers, accompanied by keyboards, guitar riffs and voices from the outside world. Their songs had been interpreted by D.C.-area musicians and turned into professionally recorded tracks.
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The White House confirmed Monday that a neurologist who is an expert in Parkinson’s disease has evaluated President Biden three times, saying that the tests were part of the president’s annual physical exams. Kevin Cannard, a longtime neurologist at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, most recently evaluated the president ahead of his February physical. That exam by Cannard resulted in “no findings” that would correlate with Parkinson’s or other neurological disorders.
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Thomas Dambo was rummaging through a city dump in Minnesota when he stumbled on perfection: large yellow plastic bins that had been tossed by a tool manufacturing company. “They were perfect for the rabbit,” said Dambo, a Danish artist, who reached out to the company to request the rest of their discarded bins. Dambo gathered the trash and hauled in about 25 tons of scrap wood, then brought together 300 volunteers in Detroit Lakes, Minn., to make gargantuan outdoor public art. Working together, they built five enormous trolls and a looming golden rabbit that was accented with salvaged wiper-blade whiskers and motorcycle helmets for eyes. The supersize artworks — ranging in height from 16 to 42 feet — were then hidden in forested parks around the city.
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) joins Washington Post Live to discuss the looming questions around President Biden’s candidacy, the role of progressives in the 2024 election and whether the Democratic Party needs generational change at the top of their ticket.
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When his name was announced as winner of the James Beard Award for outstanding chef in America, Michael Rafidi gracefully walked down the aisle, a kaffiyeh around his neck and tennis shoes on his feet, and stood at the lectern to make a surprise announcement: He had lost the speech he wrote. His thoughts turned to the Palestinian people. He never mentioned Gaza or the million residents there who are expected to face death and starvation by July. Rafidi just said, “This award is dedicated to Palestine, and to all the Palestinian people out there, whether it’s here or in Palestine or all over the world.”
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Jessica Rosales, 29, has always been interested in pay transparency. In daily life, talking about what you make is “so taboo, it’s almost like a secret,” she explained. But such secrecy isn’t for her — or her followers on TikTok. Followers love her “realistic paycheck breakdowns,” where she talks about what she’s paid and how she allocates it — credit cards, groceries, mortgage, utilities — breaking it all down for the camera on a cute budgeting worksheet she designed. Rosales is among a growing contingent of workers on TikTok — largely younger women — shattering the code of silence around pay, which advocates have criticized for worsening U.S. income inequality.
Younger women are practicing radical pay transparency on TikTok
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During the recent prime-time telecast of the U.S. gymnastics trials leading up to the Paris Olympics, Mike Tirico, a mainstay of NBC’s coverage, told viewers to get ready for something special from the world’s most popular female podcaster, Alex Cooper. Cooper, 29, rose to fame with her raunchy ruminations about dating, sex and life in New York City, but she’s not yet a household name for Olympics fans. The previous iterations of the Olympics in Tokyo and Beijing, interrupted by the pandemic, did not capture American audiences. To make the Paris Games feel bigger, and to recapture the event’s cultural cachet, NBC is leaning heavily on celebrity this year.
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Joe Biden’s engagement with 20-something influencers underscores his imperative to connect with young voters, but creators face criticism for posting in support of him, particularly over Biden’s backing of Israel amid high civilian casualties in Gaza.
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After taking office in 2009, and almost every July since, Barack Obama has shared his summer reading with the public. It’s become something of an annual ritual in the publishing world; the former president’s literary endorsement boosts a book’s profile roughly as much as winning a National Book Award. This year’s predictions lean heavily on fiction, in part because Obama generally adds more nonfiction to his “best of” lists, posted in December. They’re also limited to books published this calendar year.
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