Tuesday Reads

 Author Abigail Shrier is hanging in there despite all the death threats and demands to pull her book, Irreversible Damage, from circulation.

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Obituary:  Actress Joanne Linville, 93, a common fixture on television shows in the 1950s and 1960s, has died.


The actress, born Beverly Joanne Linville on Jan. 15, 1928, in Bakersfield, California, stood out in an acclaimed 1961 episode of "The Twilight Zone." She played a Southern belle in the final days of the Civil War who learns the cost of war and hatred in one of the classic series' famous twists.

Linville, who studied acting with Stella Adler, was a frequent TV guest star and film actor from the 1950s through the 1980s, with roles in more than 100 shows and movies.

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Another obituary: Noted journalist and author Janet Malcolm, 86, has died. Among other works, she wrote a book about fellow author Joe McGinniss, and his book about the Jeffrey McDonald case.

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The GOP looks to kill the voting rights bill, which is currently being debated in the Senate.

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It's all about fairness in sports.  Incredible the Guardian ever printed this article.

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