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It's OK to be unhappy around kids. So put away that forced smile
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There was less shouting and no risque jokes. But Rubio denies man-made climate change, Cruz blames Obama for violence at rallies and Trump still likes the idea of torture
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Editorial: The poet’s last work before his death in 2013 was a translation of the Virgil’s Aeneid, Book VI. And the Nobel prizewinner left us both an eloquent farewell – and a poem for our times
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Jill AbramsonJill AbramsonLike Pat Buchanan and Ross Perot before him, the Republican frontrunner plays on voters’ worst fears. But the toxicity of his message – and his success – far eclipses theirs
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Lucia GravesLucia GravesThe Trump campaign has tried write off rally violence as something he didn’t sanction, but now his campaign manager has manhandled a reporter
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Steven W ThrasherSteven W ThrasherThe director endorsed the Vermont senator on Tuesday. He’s the latest in a series of black intellectuals to recognise Sanders’ superiority over Clinton
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Syreeta McFaddenSyreeta McFaddenMany black voters are uncomfortable with the values he proposes to take to the White House – and, despite the generational divide, they haven’t abandoned Clinton
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