Breaking Down the Ending of Queer
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the movie Queer.Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, based on the semi-autobiographical novella by William S. Burroughs, ...
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How Recent Legislation Threatens Entertainment in Cuba
In the past weeks, rumors have flown in Cuba and over social media about new state legislation that went into ...
It’s Time to End the Denial About Bird Flu
Since the beginning of the bird flu outbreak nearly three years ago, state and federal departments of agriculture have had ...
What to Know About the Lisa Frank Documentary
If you grew up in the 1980s or '90s, it's very likely that you came of age with Lisa Frank-branded ...
The 10 Best Video Games of 2024
2024 was a relatively quiet year for video games. The highly-anticipated blockbuster games were fewer in number and largely spread ...
How the Burial Ground of My Enslaved African Ancestors Became a Historical Landmark
On Sunday, February 25, 2024, in the middle of the night, I finally found the North Carolina plantation that my ...
Crossing the Grand Canyon to Unlearn My Ableism
On April 24, 2018, I emerged from a daring 12-day expedition in the wilderness of the Grand Canyon with a ...
Abolitionism Shows How One Person Can Help Spark a Movement
Division, crisis, and political violence are hardly new in the history of the United States. It may seem like the ...
Breaking Down the Ending of Netflix K-Drama The Trunk
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Trunk Netflix’s latest Korean drama, The Trunk (트렁크), begins with a gunshot and the sinking ...
The True Cost of Black Friday
If you’re one of the millions of Americans aiming to score a new cell phone, cordless drill, or other gadget ...
How the Thanksgiving Holiday Can Help Heal America’s Political Rifts
As Thanksgiving approaches on this election year, many of us can’t help but think of politics. We may feel grateful ...
Will a Hezbollah-Israel Ceasefire Last?
Raja’a is a displaced 63-year-old widow from south Lebanon who has been praying for a ceasefire deal to end the ...
The Best Luxury Gifts Worth Splurging On
As the holiday season approaches, it’s time to start making lists, checking them twice, figuring out who’s naughty, and who ...
The Troubling Role of Schools in Native American History
Each year during Native American Heritage Month in November, school classrooms around the country focus on Indigenous history. For educators ...
Meeting the Parents During the Holidays Doesn’t Have to Be Stressful
On a recent visit to see my mom, my partner of six years expressed that he finally understood more deeply ...
Erdogan Is Plotting His Next Power Grab
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a political survivor. For more than 20 years, first as Turkey’s Prime Minister and then as ...
If Optimism Feels Ridiculous Now, Try Hope
In a letter to his wife, Olga, the playwright and political dissident Václav Havel wrote, “Hope is a dimension of ...
Democrats Need a New Immigrant Playbook
If the U.S. election taught us anything, it’s that Democrats are increasingly struggling to connect with immigrant and minority voters. ...
America’s Left and Right Extremes Are Coming Together
This week’s news regarding the Biden Administration’s effort to force Alphabet to divest Google Chrome is consistent with shared anti-big ...
What to Do If You Have Sleep Apnea
As a young physician in Sydney, Australia in 1979, Colin Sullivan conceived of an experiment to help people with nighttime ...
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