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Miriam Zoila Pérez: How Does Racism Affect Pregnant Women And Babies?

9:23am March 16, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Why do pregnant women of color have different health outcomes from their white counterparts? Writer and activist Miriam Zoila Pérez explains the ways racism manifests for these women and their babies.

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Dena Simmons: How Does Imposter Syndrome Affect Students Of Color?

9:23am March 16, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

When Bronx-native Dena Simmons received a scholarship to attend a majority white boarding school, she felt like an imposter. Simmons suggests ways students of color can be made to feel more accepted.

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Adam Foss: Can Prosecutors Stem The Tide Of Mass Incarceration?

9:23am March 16, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Former prosecutor Adam Foss lays out the damaging effects an arrest, a criminal record, and a prison sentence can have on marginalized individuals. He argues prosecutors can be at the helm of reform.

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A woman dances while sitting on her friend's shoulders during St. Patrick's Day festivities in Denver last year.

When Other Cultures' Holidays Become An Excuse To Party

8:00am March 16, 2018

by Dan Pashman

From St. Patrick's Day to Cinco de Mayo, holidays from specific cultures and religions have been embraced by people looking for a reason to celebrate. What's gained and what's lost?

The new documentary Take Your Pills spoke with over 100 college students and working adults about their use of prescription stimulants as productivity aids.

A New Documentary About Adults On Adderall — And Not Just For ADHD

10:05pm March 15, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

Alison Klayman's new film Take Your Pills looks at the pervasiveness of prescription stimulants — Adderall, Ritalin, and others — in college classrooms and workplaces in the U.S.

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Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, a small-town lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape, in a scene from the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird, based on the novel by Harper Lee.

Harper Lee Estate Sues Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Script By Aaron Sorkin

8:22pm March 15, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The author's lawyer says a contract bars the producers of a high-profile stage adaptation from departing "in any manner" from the spirit of the classic novel.

Farewell, Angelina: Alicia Vikander takes over as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider, based on a 2013 video game reboot of the now 22-year-old media franchise.

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'Tomb Raider,' Franchise Nadir

5:55pm March 15, 2018

by Chris Klimek

The film depicting the origin story of Lara Croft's raider of lost tombs "isn't awful," says critic Chris Klimek, "but its invasive, thudding mediocrity will make you wish it were."

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Harper Lee's Estate Sues Aaron Sorkin Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Adaptation

5:17pm March 15, 2018

Author Harper Lee's estate is suing Aaron Sorkin over editorial liberties Sorkin took when turning the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird into a Broadway production.

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Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl star in 7 Days in Entebbe, a film about the 1976 hijacking of a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris.

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Slack Hostage Drama '7 Days In Entebbe' Never Takes Off

5:01pm March 15, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Puzzling editing choices prevent this tale of a hijacked 1976 flight from Tel Aviv to Paris from attaining any real tension or narrative momentum.

Nick Robinson starts in Love, Simon — a high-school-set tale of social media, first love, and coming out.

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A Gay Teen Romance, Sealed With A Peck: 'Love, Simon'

5:00pm March 15, 2018

by Glen Weldon

Come for the rom-com elements, familiar and dutiful though they are. Stay for the film's sensitive, specific and closely observed coming-out storyline, which feels new — and important.