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A continent in upheaval

Why the Black Lives Matter movement might help shift the conversation about a conflict thousands of miles away.

This latest episode is evidence that when athletes such as Ms. Osaka are told to refrain from commenting on racism or politics and instead to shut up and play, it has always included an unsaid caveat: “unless we stand to profit off your voice."

What appears to be a dispute about academics is really a political tactic in the ongoing campaign to privatize public schools.

"We urge members of Congress to do whatever is necessary—including suspending the filibuster—in order to pass national voting and election administration standards."

Filmed in the 1950s, Vittorio De Seta's luminous shorts depicting the hardscrabble lives of fishermen, shepherds, peasants, and miners in rural Italy turn documentary into art film.

Mergers, censorship, DIY news, and more media migraines

The walkout was a go, and minutes later, Senate Bill 7 was dead.

Blume reveals that, at the time of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Hersey felt a sense of despair—not for the bombing’s victims, but for the future of the world.

The story of prosperity of Black communities in Tulsa, Oklahoma is incomplete without discussing their roots.