This is cool: a recording of Shakespere performed in the closest thing researchers think they have to an "original accent."
In its latest report, Citizens for Tax Justice find that Paul Ryan's budget would yield an average $187,000 tax cut for millionaires.
Michael K. Williams is going to play the 'Ol Dirty Bastard in a biopic. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
Jesse Taylor has a fantastic piece about what it means to be young, black, and in contact with the police.
Posting this video only because my colleague Patrick Caldwell sent it to me. My apologies:
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