How Simple Minds turned ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ into the ‘Breakfast Club’ anthem 40 years ago
It wasn't so simple in their minds for the Scottish band to record their No. 1 hit from John Hughes' 1985 Brat Pack classic.
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Kevin Young on James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind”
The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.