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World
Germany confirms 2 cases of the Omicron variant
The highly mutated new coronavirus variant known as omicron is present in Germany, according to the health ministry for the state of Bavaria, which confirmed that two people infected with the new variant returned from a trip to South Africa this past week. Continue reading →
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LETTERS
Disrupting the death business
More transparency in consumer costs was legislated in the 1970s. Those changes did not come about on their own. They were hard-fought and they resulted from years of agitation by consumers. Continue reading →
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IDEAS
When pets kill
I was viscerally reminded of our cat’s catness when he bumped off another animal in the house. How was I supposed to feel about him now? Continue reading →
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Obituaries
Kariamu Welsh, pioneer of African dance studies, dies at 72
An early scholar of African diaspora dance who was professor emerita of dance at Temple University in Philadelphia and the artistic director of her own troupe, Kariamu & Company: Traditions, Kariamu Welsh was part of a cohort of artists and academics who were using dance to tell stories about the Black experience. Continue reading →
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Obituaries
Kariamu Welsh, pioneer of African dance studies, dies at 72
An early scholar of African diaspora dance who was professor emerita of dance at Temple University in Philadelphia and the artistic director of her own troupe, Kariamu & Company: Traditions, Kariamu Welsh was part of a cohort of artists and academics who were using dance to tell stories about the Black experience. Continue reading →
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TRAVEL
In N.H., Villa Hygge wants to be your happy place
The cultural obsession with hygge is understandable, considering Scandinavians regularly rank as the happiest people in the world, and Mari Corbett seems like no exception. Corbett built the hotel in hopes of sharing her Finnish ways with an American audience. Continue reading →
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