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        <title><![CDATA[Taylor Branch - Author]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Taylor Branch writes books about U.S. history. His "Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63" won the Pulitzer Prize.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Will Joe Manchin Be a Voting Rights Hero?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[All eyes are on the West Virginia senator amid a struggle as old as American democracy.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia and chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, listens during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. The hearing is titled &quot;Examining the President&apos;s FY 2022 Budget Request for the Department of Energy.&quot;</media:description>
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