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Pregnant Russians Flock to Argentina to Gain a Shot at Citizenship
Since the Ukraine war, pregnant Russians have been flocking to the South American country where obtaining citizenship is relatively easy — if your child is born there.
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Israel Judicial Overhaul: What Led to Protests of Netanyahu’s Plan
Israeli society is locked in a deep dispute over the future of its judiciary and democracy. The conflict is rooted in shifts of the last three decades.
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China’s Top Leader Xi Jinping Starts Third Term
The Communist Party-controlled legislature endorsed Xi Jinping for an unprecedented third term as China’s president in a ritual ballot, cementing his dominance.
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As New York Weighs Library Cuts, Three New Branches Show Their Value
Facing a giant budget deficit, Mayor Eric Adams proposed cuts to New York libraries. But they play an outsize role in the city, offering services and safety.
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The Impact of Everything Everywhere All at Once on the Asian-American Community
For Asian Americans, the award accolades for Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan have been an exhilarating contrast to the increasing anti-Asian hate and the forever foreigner status. Sunday, award season will come to an end with the Oscars; “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has 11 nominations. Only last month, in another forever foreigner moment,…
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Nell Minow on Women Writers Week 2023
Women Writers Week is one of the highlights of the year for me. It is not that we overlook women the rest of the year; we are proud to have an exceptionally diverse roster of contributors, including two women out of five on our editorial team. And it is not because women have a particular…
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A Tale as Old as Time: On the Enduring Value of Beauty and the Beast Stories
It’s a tale as old as time: girl meets beast, girl loves beast, cue pitchforks. Last December, Disney celebrated the 30th anniversary of “Beauty and the Beast” (1991), the most iconic modern iteration of this archetypal story, and the first animated film to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Countless variants of the monster…
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How Catherine Breillat Challenges Expectations of Sex in Modern Cinema
With a white ribbon loosely tied around her hair, Marie (Caroline Ducey), watches from afar as her square-jawed fiancé is made up for a fashion editorial in Catherine Breillat’s “Romance.” Draped in white, she’s a distant observer, her gaze inscrutable, judging. After he’s finished work, they sit in a cafe, tears staining her face as…
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Stigmatization of Mental Health For Black Men Permeates Cinematic Landscape
Imagine a world where racism, poverty, and anxiety simply did not exist. In that world would mental illness look and feel different within the Black community? We have seen such a world once on the screen. In “Black Panther,” Disney/Marvel Studios exposed us to a world where Black people thrived and were seemingly protected from the risk factors…
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SHEIN shopping app goes rogue, grabs price and URL data from your clipboard
It’s not exactly data theft, but it’s worryingly close to “unintentional treachery” – apparently because it’s great for marketing purposes