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Remembering Leanne Powell: Distiller, creator, innovator, leader, friend

I met Leanne Powell on a searing hot June day in 2016, as I was writing “Still & Barrel.”  She popped out of a newer-model Camaro — I can’t remember the color — dressed all in black. She wore a long skirt and a T-shirt with a lone white-on-black image and letters that read, simply,...

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Official data understate growth rate

When adjusted properly to count all income, including government benefits, the poverty rate has fallen from about 14 percent as recently as 1982 to less than 4 percent today.

What teachers do in the summer and other mysteries

Have you ever heard “School’s Out” by Alice Cooper or “See You in September” by The Tempos? Perhaps you’ve watched “Summer of ’42,” “Adventureland,” or “Dirty Dancing.” The pervasiveness of summer vacation in music, film, and TV is indicative of the remarkable role it plays in the life of Americans. Children celebrate it. Teachers welcome...

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