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Seeking something light to read following the Christmas doldrums I decided to look into what I remembered as one of the ...

Essential books about racism for all readers When it comes to understanding race and social justice in this country, authors ...

Books have the ability to heal and transform. As the country combats politically and racially driven book bans, it only ...

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Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

A black moon is a rare occurrence. The next Black Moon will occur on Aug. 23, 2025. This is considered a Black Moon under the definition of the third new moon in a season of four new moons.

Ashley holds a bachelor's degree in multimedia journalism from Florida Atlantic University. If you’ve heard the buzz surrounding the American Express® “Black Card,” you already know that it’s the ...

Some of these titles, of course, include elements of other genres; in these cases, we’ve made judgment calls as to whether a book skews more ... three Palestinian-American families in Baltimore ...

Black rice is that rare trifecta of delicious, healthy, and aesthetically pleasing. This dark-colored rice, which is a deep purple-black, has alternate names including purple rice, forbidden rice ...

Black salt, also known as kala namak or Himalayan black salt, is found in India. It comes from the salt mines of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and other Himalayan locations. Black salt was ...