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Guest columnists Steven Botkin and Rob Okun: Light at the dark of the year Top view thirties retro writers desk with typewriter on old wooden background table top. mactrunk Out beyond ideas of wrong-doing and right-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there. —Rumi With the winter solstice a few days away, people are gathering in ritual and celebration — lighting candles and kindling fires in the darkness. We believe this act of bringing light into the world at the darkest times makes a difference. As 2020 draws to a close, the darkness has never before felt more dark and the yearning for...

Hulton Archive/Getty Images By the 1963 Christmas season, The Beatles were already the biggest musical stars in the history of British entertainment. So the boys were asked to star in "The Beatles Christmas Shows" at the Astoria Cinema in Finsbury Park, London. The Christmas shows had been arranged by the band's manager, Brian Epstein, and featured several of his other acts, including Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Tommy Quickly, and Cilla Black. These shows were, quite possibly, the oddest performances of The Beatles's career. The Christmas shows began on Christmas Eve 1963. Then, The Beat...

By Syndicated Content Dec 10, 2020 11:00 AM This Saturday, December 12, Linda Ronstadt and Peter Yarrow of the celebrated folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary will participate in a virtual benefit event for One Story at a Time , a nonprofit that offers humanitarian aid, education and other support to migrants who live near the Mexican border. The event, which will take place via Zoom starting at 5 p.m. PT, will feature Ronstadt in conversation with Rev. Maria Moreno-Richardson , an Episcopal priest, teacher and advocate for migrants, as well as performances by Yarrow. The ...

0 good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. tonight on "all in," as the struggle for low-wage employees continues, fast food worker strikes demanding higher wages spread across the country. my guess tonight is the former ceo of mcdonald's, who says raising the minimum wage will kill jobs. i disagree, and that's coming up. also tonight, this weekend we commemorate the 50th anniversary on the civil rights march on washington. tonight, a look at a half century of racial progress. how far we have come and how far we have yet to go. but we begin tonight with president obama, who just a few h...

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