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The Holocaust shouldn’t be a catch-all metaphor for hate – but we can still learn from comparisons

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Gary Lineker’s tweet criticising the government’s asylum policy has led many to question when – if ever…

Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn’t been good – and that’s not bad for art that shatters conventions

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As an acclaimed photographer and conceptual artist, Hank Willis Thomas has grown accustomed to criticisms of his…

The great Alice Neel: ‘I wanted to paint as a woman, but not as the oppressive, power-mad world thought a woman should paint’

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In 1971, the art critic Linda Nochlin transformed the art history debate by asking: “Why have there…

Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

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In December 2018, John Legend joined then-newly elected U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to criticize the exploitation of…

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

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The acclaimed 1990 film Awakenings tells the story of a neurologist who discovers a drug which rouses…

The Supreme Court’s originalists have taken over − here’s how they interpret the Constitution

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Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices are either self-described originalists or strongly lean toward originalism.…

Trump indictment: Here’s how prosecutors will try to prove he knowingly lied and intended to break the law

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What was Donald Trump thinking when he set about trying to maintain the presidency after losing it…

Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts

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Every American president has landed in the history books. And historians’ assessments of their performance have been…

Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations

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Former members of the Farc guerrilla army in Colombia who laid down their arms as part of…

How local police could help prevent another January 6th-style insurrection

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Some of the most prominent members of the Proud Boys, a far-right militant group that functions more…

Ghana’s new chief justice: Gertrude Tokornoo faces challenges, but could help transform the country’s courts

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Her Ladyship Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo took office as the 15th ,chief justice of Ghana on…

Covid : une nouvelle méthode de modélisation pour mieux évaluer les risques épidémiques

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L’humanité est, depuis des millénaires, frappée par des épidémies… Elle a, à chaque fois, pris des mesures…

NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial

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NASA’s independent study team released its highly anticipated report on UFOs on Sept. 14, 2023.

France in Africa: why Macron’s policies increased distrust and anger

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French west Africa has experienced five coups in the past three years. Underpinning most of these coups…

Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

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The drag shows will go on. At least for now.

The cross-Africa dance company bringing new life to Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring

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At its premiere in 1913, Igor Stravinsky and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Rite of Spring shocked audiences and divided…

Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions

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Both the Labour government and the opposition National Party have now released major transport polices that put…

Bandits in Nigeria: how protection payments to militias escalate conflict in the north-west

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North-western Nigeria has become increasingly violent. This is due to the activities of militias, known locally as…

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right’

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Idly googling myself some years ago, I came upon an unusually glowing reference to one of my…

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The Holocaust shouldn’t be a catch-all metaphor for hate – but we can still learn from comparisons

Reaction to bronze sculpture of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston hasn’t been good – and that’s not bad for art that shatters conventions

The great Alice Neel: ‘I wanted to paint as a woman, but not as the oppressive, power-mad world thought a woman should paint’

Reality TV show contestants are more like unpaid interns than Hollywood stars

Rishi Sunak has ripped up decades of cross-party consensus on climate change

The Supreme Court’s originalists have taken over − here’s how they interpret the Constitution

Trump indictment: Here’s how prosecutors will try to prove he knowingly lied and intended to break the law

Presidential greatness is rarely fixed in stone – changing attitudes on racial injustice and leadership qualities lead to dramatic shifts

Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations

How local police could help prevent another January 6th-style insurrection

Ghana’s new chief justice: Gertrude Tokornoo faces challenges, but could help transform the country’s courts

Covid : une nouvelle méthode de modélisation pour mieux évaluer les risques épidémiques

NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial

France in Africa: why Macron’s policies increased distrust and anger

Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

The cross-Africa dance company bringing new life to Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring

Slow train coming: only a genuine shift to rail will put NZ on track to reduce emissions

Bandits in Nigeria: how protection payments to militias escalate conflict in the north-west

In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right’

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