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A compelling account of how far-right firestarters helped ‘the world’s most gifted media troll’ to become the US president.

The film makes plain what queer audiences have been quietly telling us forever: that their lives have always been present, even at times where their existence has been vehemently denied. Even in the face of a suffocating culture of repression.

Ever wonder why are we so drawn to the snap of a potato chip or the crackle of fried chicken? Biology, psychology, and an incredible amount of engineering.

Gentefied is both a celebration of a modern Mexican American family and also the story about their struggle against the ever-present threat of erasure.

Paul Robeson’s standing up to HUAC, the subject of Roy Bentley’s poem, “has//nothing to explain…/the raised middle finger….”

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In his review of Eric Schwitzgebel's A Theory of Jerks and Other Philosophical Misadventures, Scott McLemee also focuses on love.

Responding to widespread popular discontent, Indira Gandhi marshaled the powers of the Constitution to suspend the rule of law. Her actions anticipated the crisis of democracy in India today.

Filmmaker Bong Joon-ho on his film Parasite: " I tried to express a sentiment specific to Korean culture, [but] all the responses from different audiences were pretty much the same. Essentially, we all live in the same country, called Capitalism."

A recent study associates sweet beverages, even 100% fruit juice and artificially sweetened beverages with a higher chance of developing type 2 diabetes.