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The Slowdown

A poem and a moment of reflection every weekday.

“A true break from the cacophony of life.”
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1543: What the Suitcase Bearing My Family Name Might Have Contained When It Arrived at Auschwitz by Ava Nathaniel Winter

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After two years, two seasons and 443 episodes, Major Jackson is stepping down from the host chair.

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