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  • Voters in Texas say concerns about immigration and democracy are among the issues driving them to the polls in this presidential primary election.
  • This year's literary heroines aren't defined by their desire to love or be loved — or even to be especially lovable. Writer and critic Parul Sehgal celebrates five sublimely stubborn women, frequently at odds with themselves and always at odds with their times.
  • The Black Car Fund provides workers' compensation and other benefits for 125,000 taxi, Lyft and other drivers. It may offer a template for establishing benefits for the growing freelance workforce.
  • The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Trump administration's travel ban. It also struck down California rules that forced crisis pregnancy centers to disclose their anti-abortion rights policies.
  • The documentary Unknown White Male follows the life of a man who awoke one day at Coney Island with no memory. The film tracks his attempts to get reacquainted with his life and the everyday events he can't remember ever having experienced.
  • Francis, marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I, described the deaths as a "genocide," causing Turkey to recall its Vatican ambassador.
  • Michael Finkel discusses his new book True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, which documents his firing from The New York Times Magazine for violating journalistic ethics and his subsequent discovery that an accused murderer had assumed his identity while on the lam in Mexico. Finkel talks about his extraordinary correspondence with the killer, Christian Longo.
  • The Trump team wants to change the structure of the government and federal workforce. Public employee groups are wary, and current laws governing federal employee pay and benefits are 40 years old.
  • Community groups are using political campaign strategies to spread the word and encourage more people, particularly from marginalized communities, to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
  • San Francisco resident Ben Ramirez, who always wanted to open a coffee shop, is serving free coffee to essential workers in his neighborhood. He practices social distancing with a toy gorilla arm.
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