Eddie Murphy arrives at the Kennedy Center. (Matt McClain/Post)
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A Duke freshman thinks ‘Fun Home’ is immoral. He won’t read assignment.
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Abbas, Haley exchange strong criticism over Middle East at U.N. Security Council
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A man collapsed with ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ tattooed on his chest. Doctors didn’t know what to do.
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Kanye West fell for the worst black Republican sales pitch there is. Here’s why.
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Why I sued President Trump over the travel ban
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Starbucks won’t have any idea whether its diversity training works
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I’m transgender, and evangelicals tried to pray for me. I prayed for them instead.
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I was outed as a CIA officer. But pardoning Scooter Libby hurts all of us.
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I’m a Flint resident. I’m done paying for water that is not safe.
The state will no longer provide bottled water to residents, even though this crisis is not over.
Congressional Republicans are spineless. They’re not going to save Mueller.
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Chemical weapons aren’t Assad’s only atrocity. We need new ‘red lines.’
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How Sinclair became the most insidious force in local TV news
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell signs contract extension worth as much as $40M annually
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How two men turned a Google search and $100 into a hit podcast and a TV deal
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