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This undated engraving shows the scene on July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman, was approved by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The words "all men are created equal” are invoked often but are difficult to define. (AP Photo)

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The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Sun,07/03/22-2:30AM , 516 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Jennings is CEO of the Lambda Legal organization, a prominent advocate for LGBTQ rights. He sees his mission in part as fulfilling that hallowed American principle: “All men are created equal.”
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Brian Selznick attends the premiere of "Wonderstruck", during the 55th New York Film Festival in New York on Oct. 7, 2017. Selznick’s next book, “Big Tree," a 528-page book featuring nearly 300 pages of illustrations by Selznick, will be released on April 4, 2023. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

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Brian Selznick's 'Big Tree' to be published next spring
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Thu,06/09/22-9:01AM , 684 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Selznick's next book was inspired in part by a famous friend, Steven Spielberg.
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This cover image released by Knopf shows "Nightcrawling" a novel by Leila Mottley. (Knopf via AP)

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Winfrey picks Leila Mottley's 'Nightcrawling' for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Tue,06/07/22-7:10AM , 468 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley's “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, for next book club pick.
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Author Margaret Atwood attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York on Nov. 11, 2019. On Monday night, during PEN America’s annual gala, Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' up for auction
By HILLEL ITALIE - AP National Writer
Mon,05/23/22-7:55PM , 688 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Margaret Atwood has imagined apocalyptic disaster, Dystopian government and an author faking her own death. But until recently she had spared herself the nightmare of trying to burn one of her own books.

With a flamethrower, no less.

She failed, and that was the point.
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