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What James Earl Jones can teach us about the activism of art in times of crisis
The death of James Earl Jones has forced me to consider the end of an…
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Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border
Louis Carlos Bernal, a Chicano photographer born in the Arizona border town of Douglas in…
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Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows how big a role music is playing in the 2024 election
Music generates passion and emotion, so it’s little surprise that popular tunes have been featured…
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A college course that’s a history of the future
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.…
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Life on the Streets’ laid the groundwork for Peak TV – and it’s finally available to stream for new and old fans of the series
When “Homicide: Life on the Streets” premiered on NBC in 1993, most network television police…
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Robots are coming to the kitchen − what that could mean for society and culture
Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body…
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When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
More than 4,000 athletes with physical, vision and intellectual impairments will compete in 22 sports…
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I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
I was walking through the Kensington neighborhood in North Philadelphia when I noticed a shrine…
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How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
American women still have fewer orgasms than men, according to new research that suggests that…
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Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts,…