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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who is seen as a top 2020 Democratic candidate, unveiled an ambitious proposal Tuesday that would offer low- or no-cost child care to all American families, regardless of income. “How much you make at your job should not determine the quality care your child gets,” Warren …

Earlier on Friday, President Trump tweeted out a meme that juxtaposes his recent State of the Union address with sad-looking reaction shots of lawmakers including Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Kamala Harris, over a soundtrack of R.E.M.‘s 1993 hit “Everybody Hurts.” The use of R.E.M.’s music was presumably very much …

In politics today, nothing unites Americans like our thirst for political conflict. Conservatives love to “own the libs.” Liberals love to trigger tough-talking conservatives, exposing them as “snowflakes.” Donald Trump is the presidential embodiment of this toxic political culture, and his State of the Union address Tuesday night was finely …

Americans want to tax the rich. Poll after poll says as much, including those conducted by Fox News. According to registered voters surveyed by the network last month, 70 percent of Americans are in favor of increasing taxes for incomes over $10 million, and 65 percent are in favor of …

Two months ago, shortly after the conclusion of their European tour, Counting Crows entered London’s AIR studios and recorded “August and Everything After” with the London Studio Orchestra. That doesn’t mean they played their 1993 debut LP of the same name, but rather an outtake from the sessions that gave …

After slamming the government shutdown on social media, Cardi B took aim at her conservative critics who questioned whether the rapper should be politically involved. Cardi B’s shutdown rant drew criticism from Trump supporters like Fox News host Tomi Lahren, who tweeted at the rapper, “Looks like @iamcardib is the …

Late last month, with little notice, three Beach Boys compilations appeared on Spotify and other streaming platforms:Wake the World: The Friends Sessions; I Can Hear Music: The 20/20 Sessions;andOn Tour: 1968 (Live). Almost none of the recordings had been previously released. They include originals and covers, captured in live soundchecks, …

When Michelle Kramer moved to Country Club Hills, Illinois, she didn’t know much about R. Kelly — but soon, her youngdaughter, Dominique Gardner, became a superfan. In 2010, shortly after she graduated from high school, Gardner met the singer, who lived in the nearby Chicago suburb of Olympia Fields, through …

On the surface of things, New York-based Warner Music Group should be delighted.The company, which owns the third-biggest recorded-music operation in the world, just posted record full-year results for the 12 months to the end of September last year. WMG’s annual recorded-music revenues grew by $340 million, or 11 percent, …

One week after Lifetime released the documentarySurviving R. Kelly and set off a renewed wave of public scrutiny into the singer’s alleged history of sexual abuse, a judge has granted an emergency motion allowing Chicago building instructors to access the recording studio featured in the docuseries. Chicago’s buildings department will …