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A Black woman wearing a headscarf, white t-shirt and blue apron looks at a white man, also wearing a white t-shirt and apron. They are standing side by side at a counter in a professional kitchen, shelling shrimp.

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Oakland Library Is Once Again Asking You to Make Weird History Dioramas

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NPR Staffers Share Their Favorite Fiction Reads of 2026 — So Far

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