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Comedian Baratunde Thurston on ‘How to Be Black’

February is Black History Month, and comedian Baratunde Thurston wants you to know that it’s the perfect time to buy his new book, “How to Be Black.” “The odds are high that you acquired this book during the nationally sanctioned season for purchasing black cultural objects, also known as Black History Month,” he writes. “If […]

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The Future of Play: Siftables

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The Takeaway’s tech contributor Baratunde Thurston and MIT researcher David Merrill explain the nexus between toy blocks and a series of burgeoning technologies that will change how we play.

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‘Wall Street got drunk’ and other pithy phrases for global crises

President Bush summed up America’s recent economic woes this week with four cool words: ‘Wall Street got drunk.’ The Takeaway asked you for more catchy crisis slogans.

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