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“I decided if I want to continue to sing, which I love, I need to keep moving,” the singer and civil-rights activist Mavis Staples said....

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The singer, known for the 70s disco anthem We Are Family, was found dead in her home in Phoenix, Arizona By Associated Press / Saturday,...

Now in its second season, the underground railroad drama is a slick yet complex look at one of the least examined stories of the...