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"Suffs," Shaina Taub’s buzzy musical about the women’s suffrage movement, is coming to an end—right when we need it most.

Shaina Taub’s highly anticipated musical explores women’s crusade for the vote through a movement often divided along generational, class and racial lines.

USA TODAY In search of something good to read? USA TODAYs Barbara VanDenburgh scopes out the shelves for this week’s hottest new book releases. All books are on sale July 27. 1. “The Great Peace,” by Mena Suvari (Hachette, nonfiction) What it’s about: The actress, best known for her career-making role in “American Beauty,” pens a harrowing coming-of-age memoir, detailing how as a young star in Hollywood she lost herself in drugs, sex and abusive relationships, sharing life lessons s...

“Extraordinary times require extraordinary actions,” said Fudge. (Pat Mitchell Media) Rep. Marcia Fudge, 58, says it is “an honor and a privilege” to be asked to join President Biden’s Cabinet. “It is something in probably my wildest dreams I would have never thought about. So if I can help this president in any way possible, I am more than happy to do it,” she said. Fudge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 29, 1952. She graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1971 and a...

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – DECEMBER 11: Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs at the Queen Theater on December 11, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. President-elect Joe Biden is continuing to round out his domestic team with the announcement of his choices for cabinet secretaries of Veterans Affairs and Agriculture, and the heads of his domestic policy council and the U....