A Short History of Islamism
Islamists have produced tectonic political shake-ups across the Middle East, with a rippling effect worldwide. Islamists now take many forms, from moderates in Tunisia to militants in the Islamic...
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'Selma' Offers a Window Into the Civil Rights Movement
The film Selma offers a powerful, visionary cinematic treatment of one of the most important events of the civil rights era. Director Ava Duvernay’s film depicts a three-month period in the winter and...
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Photos: Baby Orca Born in the Wild
In late December, a baby orca whale was born off of the coast of Washington state—an important development for the endangered species, due to their low survival rate.AsThe Washington Post reported, the...
View ArticleSony Was Just the Beginning
In 1964, the Stanley Kubrick movie Dr. Strangelove sported an alternate title, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. An existential atomic anxiety permeated society: We lived with the dread...
View ArticleACLU Challenges Latest U.S. Move to Block Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a brief Friday evening challenging the U.S. government’s assertion last month that releasing thousands of classified images depicting the U.S. military’s...
View ArticleRichard Pryor, Burning Man
Of the many live performances Richard Pryor recorded, his Live on the Sunset Strip may be the one with the most directionals. Like one of those milestone signs with arrows pointing every which way,...
View ArticleNorth Korea Offers to Suspend Nuclear Tests if U.S. Suspends Military Drills
North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea, but Washington rejected the proposal...
View ArticleThree, Two, One...SpaceX Achieves a Liftoff, but Rocket’s Return Is a Crash
SpaceX, a private company that specializes in manufacturing rockets and spacecraft, recently launched a mission to deliver a 5,000-pound cargo capsule containing equipment, supplies and belated holiday...
View ArticleSources Say Suspect Hunted Over Paris Attacks Left France Last Week
A woman hunted by French police as a suspect in the attacks on a satirical paper and Jewish supermarket in Paris left France several day before the killings and is believed to be in Syria, Turkish and...
View ArticleIndonesian Search Teams Hope to Retrieve Black Box In Next 24 Hours
Indonesian search teams believe they have found the fuselage of an AirAsia airliner that crashed in the Java Sea two weeks ago, and divers hope calmer waters on Monday will allow them to retrieve the...
View ArticleGerman Newspaper Firebombed After Publishing Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
A building of German newspaper Hamburger Morgenpost was the target of an arson attack and two suspects were arrested, police said on Sunday.Like many other German newspapers, Hamburger Morgenpost has...
View ArticleFear of More Attacks By Apostles of American-Born al-Qaeda Cleric Awlaki
With Europe on alert for copycat terror attacks following events in Paris, particular attention is being paid to Islamists with links to Anwar al-Awlaki. One of the gunmen who attacked the offices of...
View ArticlePoll Shows Spain's Podemos Surging Into Lead
A poll published on Sunday showed that leftist upstart Podemos was again in the lead to winSpain's next general election, which could result in the formation of party pacts, or even the country's first...
View ArticleParis Attacks Boost Support for Dutch Anti-Islam Populist Wilders
Support for the anti-Islamic Freedom Party of Dutch populist Geert Wilders has jumped to its highest level in more than a year after the Islamist militant attacks in Paris.Wilders, known for his...
View ArticleWorld Leaders Gather for Paris March Honoring Attack Victims
Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of...
View ArticleHamas Condemns France Attacks, Says No Justification For 'Killing Innocents'
The Hamas group that controls the Gaza Strip on Saturday issued a condemnation of the deadly attacks by Islamist gunmen in France this week, saying there was no "justification for killing...
View ArticleParis Gunman Appears in Video, Declares Loyalty to Islamic State
One of three gunmen behind the worst militant attacks in France for decades appeared in a video released online on Sunday, declaring his allegiance to the Islamic State armed group and urging French...
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Fox NFL Sunday is The Happiest Place on Turf
“I’m a relationship collector,” Jay Glazer tells me, which is slightly awkward only because we are alone in his dressing room and the Fox NFL Sunday insider is wearing only orange briefs. It is a...
View ArticleIrregular Paychecks? New Service Makes Sure You Can Pay Your Monthly Bills
When Geneva Brooks was hired to work at a retail store selling outdoor and athletic gear in Portland, Oregon, she hoped the promise of full-time employment would stick. But after a few weeks at her new...
View ArticleChronic Selfie-Taking Men More Likely to Exhibit Narcissistic and...
The contemporary #selfie craze, like the Myspace mirror picture frenzy of the mid-2000s, is a curious thing. Why do so many of us flood the already saturated Internet with photographs of ourselves at...
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