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Peacock’s Dr. Death Is Based on A Chilling True Crime Podcast About a Murderous Surgeon. Here’s What to Know
A medical horror story, based on a true crime podcast, finds a surgeon intent on using his scalpel to harm patients
The MCU Has a Longstanding Villain Problem. Loki’s Introduction of Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror Might Just Solve It
The 'Loki' finale introduced a new villain who may well prove to be the most satisfying Marvel baddie yet
Here’s What the Loki Finale Means for Future Marvel Movies
The Loki finale changed the MCU forever. Here's how the show will impact the future Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Thor films
Britney Spears’ Case Is Back in Court. Here’s What Could Happen Next With Her Conservatorship
Here's what to know about the current state of Spears' conservatorship and what could happen next in her case
‘The Myth Itself Becomes a Stand-in.’ What Can the Alamo’s History Teach Us About Teaching History?
Less than a month after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law a bill he described as “a strong move to abolish critical race theory in Texas”—which educators worry will limit how they can talk about the history of systemic racism and current events—the Republican leader put the issue back on the agenda for a…
You Can’t Tell the Story of 1776 Without Talking About Race and Slavery
Slavery and arguments about race were not only at the heart of the American founding; it was what united the states in the first place. We have been reluctant to admit just how thoroughly the Founding Fathers thought about, talked about, and wrote about race at the moment of American independence. Part of the reason…
‘Stories Can Be War.’ How Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Viral Essay Has Implications Far Beyond the Literary World
Last month, the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie self-published a personal essay that went so viral it briefly crashed her website. The piece, titled “It Is Obscene: A True Reflection in Three Parts,” addressed social media discourse, literary culture, freedom of speech and trans rights. In particular, Adichie referred to backlash she has faced in recent…
When Your Body Counts But Your Vote Does Not: How Prison Gerrymandering Distorts Political Representation
When Floyd Wilson first learned of the term “prison gerrymandering,” he’d already been incarcerated for more than 35 years. He was taking a college seminar in a prison in Graterford, Pennsylvania—the fourth of five correctional facilities he’s lived in over the decades. Wilson grew up in Southwest Philadelphia and was sentenced to life in prison…
What F9‘s Huge Box Office Haul Means for the Future of Movies Beyond the Pandemic
it's becoming clearer that the pandemic likely exacerbated trends that were already in place before it began
In Win For LGBTQ Rights, Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal Challenging Landmark Trans Rights Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal on Monday to a circuit court ruling that required a Virginia school to let a transgender student use the bathroom corresponding with his gender identity. The decision delivers a major win for Grimm as well as LGBTQ advocates that have decried bathroom bans and other anti-trans…
Department of Justice Steps Into Voting Rights Fight, Filing High-Stakes Lawsuit Against Georgia
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it would sue Georgia over the restrictions included in its new and expansive voting law, known as SB 202, marking the federal agency’s first significant action against GOP-backed voting restrictions that numerous states have passed since the 2020 election. “Changes to Georgia’s election laws were enacted with…
How Loki’s Bisexuality Fits Into the History of LGBTQ+ Representation in the MCU
It's finally canon: the third episode of Loki confirmed that its titular character is bisexual, making him Marvel's first canonically queer lead character