This is the sixth in the series “How America Heals,” in which Nicholas Kristof is examining the interwoven crises devastating working-class America and exploring paths to recovery. .g-goldbergseriesinfo{ position: relative; display: flex; overflow: hidden; box-sizing: border-box; padding: 1.125rem 1.25rem 1.0625rem; border: 1px solid var(–color-stroke-quaternary,#DFDFDF); color: var(–color-content-secondary,#363636); max-width: 600px; margin: 1.3125rem auto 1.5rem; width: 100%; max-width: […]
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Amp Fiddler, Versatile Keyboardist, Singer and Mentor, Dies at 65
Mr. Fiddler himself was a protégé of the Parliament-Funkadelic impresario George Clinton. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Clinton heard one of Mr. Fiddler’s demo recordings and offered him the keyboard chair in P-Funk once held by Bernie Worrell. Mr. Fiddler “helped me do amazing things,” Mr. Clinton wrote in his 2014 memoir, “Brothas Be, Yo Like […]
Read MoreHe Was My Role Model. My Mentor. My Supplier.
A week or so earlier, I’d begged a good cell number from one of Lonnie’s former partners and hit his line. Halfway through that convo — with the assurances that I’d handle whatever he shared with care, that I’d do my loyal best not to ask him anything that would compromise street ethics or risk […]
Read MoreThe Only People Who Understand What a Caregiver Goes Through
On Thursday mornings, Julia Sadtler and Debora Dunbar log onto Zoom to talk about caring for their husbands with Alzheimer’s disease, in hourlong conversations that are usually informative, sometimes emotional and always supportive. Both men are patients at Penn Memory Center in Philadelphia, which began this mentorship program for caregivers in September. By design, the […]
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