20 results returned for search: "" category "Opinion Writer" author Robin Givhan
Increasingly, we are being warned that our long-held definition of feminine beauty is not merely amoral, it is also unhealthy.
The latest piece of evidence comes from a National Institutes of Health study: women who frequently use chemical hair strai...
DATE: Oct 25, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was majestic, historic and very, very long. It was a procession of prayers and hymns, buglers and solemn bagpipers all tucked into two services and one interment and watched by a global audience. But the two minutes ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
When Anthony Fauci speaks, his voice has a hint of a rasp, a lot of Brooklyn swagger and a reassuring glimmer of optimism. That combination has meant that throughout the coronavirus pandemic, as the renowned infectious-disease expert has offered info...
DATE: Aug 25, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
When you study the speaking style of Liz Cheney — the unwavering tone of voice even as she is delivering dire warnings about the precariousness of American democracy, the slight forward tilt of her head as she fixes a listener with her gaze, the unhu...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
Former United States president Donald Trump is on a tear. He has declared himself a victim of government overreach. He has argued that he is being persecuted by his political enemies. He lamented the desecration of his sprawling Palm Beach home at Ma...
DATE: Aug 11, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
The committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol has solicited the testimony of a host of men and women who held esteemed titles: attorney-general, senior adviser to the President of the United States, federal judge...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has shaped a visual narrative about the power of vulnerability, the persuasiveness of simplicity and the public’s collective need to believe that modest men can rise to meet any moment. Eight days into a war for...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Givhan
The beauty of the character that Michael K. Williams brought to life on The Wire was his extraordinary complexity. Omar Little was a Black man who stalked the streets of Baltimore wearing a swashbuckling duster and carrying a deadly sawed-off shotgun...
DATE: Sep 08, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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Robin Givhan
As the American military pulled out of Afghanistan, Kabul fell with stunning speed to determined fighters with medieval desires about everything but the accoutrements of war.
Taleban fighters with their long beards and long guns drove through the ci...
DATE: Aug 18, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Givhan
The family of Andrew Brown Jr have gathered outside the Pasquotank County Public Safety building in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, multiple times over the past week to put their grief and anger on display in front of the media and supporters. They l...
DATE: Apr 28, 2021
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Robin Givhan