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Amid a Continuing Wave of Gun Violence, This U.S. City is Bucking the Trend
Homicides as a result of gun violence have remained consistently high across the U.S. in 2021, after a steep increase last year during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. Broadly, the year-on-year increase in 2021 is not as large as that in 2020 compared to 2019. But many major cities have in fact have…
Everything You Need to Know Before Watching The Book of Boba Fett
As we prepare to close the book on 2021, Disney+ is opening up another one, and this tome comes from a library far, far away. The Book of Boba Fett, a new series that’s a spin-off of the acclaimed Star Wars show The Mandalorian, will premiere on December 29. Despite having little to do in…
From Ghislaine Maxwell to Kim Potter, It’s the Risk Every Defendant Weighs
Several high-profile defendants have opted to testify in their own defense lately, with mixed results. There are several factors to consider before putting a defendant on the witness stand
The World Is on Track to Generate a Record Amount of Power From Coal in 2021, the IEA Says
The all-time high means that the world's climate targets may be getting further out of reach
Everything To Remember About the Matrix Trilogy Before You See The Matrix Resurrections
It’s been almost two decades since the last Matrix movie, but now moviegoers are getting prepared to plug back in and once more question the nature of their reality. The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth live-action movie in the landmark action series, hits theaters and HBO Max on Dec. 22 and is directed by Lana Wachowski,…
Breaking Down All the Cameos in Spider-Man: No Way Home
This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. Spider-Man: No Way Home is chock full of familiar faces. Tom Holland’s Spidey accidentally breaks open the multiverse and invites in characters from the other two Spider-Man franchises that preceded the Homecoming trilogy. Among them, yes, are Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield reprising their roles as…
Breaking Down the Spider-Man: No Way Home End-Credits Scenes
Spider-Man: No Way Home leaves Peter Parker’s future open-ended. Thanks to Doctor Strange’s second spell, not a soul in the universe knows who Peter Parker is, not even his girlfriend MJ. Without family, friends or Stark funds to support him, Peter skips college and moves into a darkly-lit New York apartment. He stitches together a…
The Future of Spider-Man After No Way Home
This story contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home Spider-Man: No Way Home isn’t just the last chapter in a trilogy. It’s a soft reboot for Marvel’s most popular superhero. By the end of the movie, Tom Holland‘s Peter Parker has not only lost his Aunt May but he has chosen to erase the memories…
How the U.S. Boycott of the Beijing Olympics Is Splitting the World
The U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia have joined together for a “diplomatic boycott" of the Beijing Games—ending a global detente over the Olympics
The True Story Behind HBO’s Gripping True Crime Drama Landscapers
Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in this miniseries based on a couple on the run from a double murder
The U.S. Almost Had Universal Childcare 50 Years Ago. The Same Attacks Might Kill It Today
Among the policy proposals included in the “Build Back Better” Act championed by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats is legislation the White House describes as “the largest investment in childcare in the nation’s history.” The sweeping social policies would include universal and free prekindergarten and expanded child tax credits; child care activists back the…
What to Know About Digital World, the Company Funding Trump’s New Social Media Platform ‘TRUTH Social’
Trump's new media company said it has secured $1 billion in funding ahead of going public via a SPAC merger