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Kendrick Lamar, whose album DAMN. won this year's Pulitzer Prize for music, performs in London earlier this year.

Kendrick Lamar, 'Press Democrat' Claim Pulitzers. Here's The Full List Of Winners

5:48pm April 16, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Lamar joins the staffs of The New York Times and The Washington Post as this year's prize winners. See the list of winners and watch Monday's announcement ceremony here.

William Jelani Cobb attends the 2015 New Yorker Festival Wrap Party in New York City.

Jelani Cobb On His Epic 'New Yorker' Piece On Black Lives Matter

10:20am March 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Kelly McEvers spoke with Jelani Cobb, who has charted the genesis and evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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It actually and paradoxically means, "Emphatically yes, I totally agree with you."

Science

No, Yes, Definitely: On The Rise Of 'No, Totally' As Linguistic Quirk

2:56pm September 19, 2015

The New Yorker's Kathryn Schulz has a theory for what's behind the use of the phrase "No, totally" as a way to agree with someone. She points to an English word that we've lost: "Nay."

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After moving back home, Tom Toro didn't know what to do with his life. But a stack of magazines at a used book sale gave him an idea. "There they were," Toro says. "Cartoons in among the articles."

Arts

How'd A Cartoonist Sell His First Drawing? It Only Took 610 Tries

9:56pm July 25, 2015

by Daniel Hajek

Tom Toro was a directionless 20-something film school dropout. Then, after an inspired moment at a used book sale, he started submitting drawings to The New Yorker -- and collecting rejection slips.

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