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Famous people flock to support Kamala Harris

Many famous people in Hollywood and the music industry, like Cardi B and Charli XCX, have endorsed Kamala Harris as Trump’s strongest opponent. Image: Instagram Famous actor George Clooney requested Joe Biden, who was having trouble keeping up with Donald Trump in the presidential election, to step aside on July 10. Robert De Niro, Jamie […]

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In the midst of combat, why is the theatrical culture in Ukraine booming?

Even if there have been air attacks and threats to their lives, Ukrainians who love culture continue to wait hours or months for tickets to see their favorite performances. Image: Yurii Rylchuk/Avalon/IMAGO I get all dolled up, do my makeup, and spray on my perfume for special events. A theatergoer from Kyiv named Olena Vdovychenko tells

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Two hundred years ago, why did Germans decide to settle in Brazil?

Poverty was common in Germany two hundred years ago. Thousands of Germans emigrated at the time due to an enticing offer from the Brazilian ruler. Germans had it tough at the turn of the nineteenth century due to the Napoleonic Wars’ aftermath, poor harvests, and heavy taxes. After after, an enticing offer arrived from across

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James Baldwin, an American novelist, is a spokeswoman against racism.

On August 2, James Baldwin, who is widely considered to be one of the most influential African American authors, would have been 100 years old. In the year 1924, James Baldwin was born in the New York neighborhood of Harlem, at a time when racism was already prevalent across the globe. Poverty was widespread, and

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Threatening Berlin’s exclusive Jewish museum

The Mendelssohn-Remise, which documents Jewish life in Berlin and the music of musician Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, may soon go down Jewish members of the Mendelssohn family made significant contributions to the intellectual, financial, and cultural life of Germany beginning in the 18th century. They were also musicians and financiers. But when the Nazis took over

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Germanic stone sculpture conveys the story of our forefathers’ inventiveness

Cave dwellers in the Stone Age were everything but boring. Their capabilities are shown by the astonishing artifacts discovered in the caverns of the Danube Valley in southern Germany. Image: Ria Litzenberg/Universität Tübingen Is the Swabian Jura in southern Germany the birthplace of contemporary Europeans? After finding many figures crafted from mammoth ivory that date back

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The ‘cat lady’s history from Egypt to Taylor Swift

The BBC examines women’s history with cats amid 2024 US election discussions regarding “childless cat ladies”. Cats have characterized feminine sexuality in the Western male gaze more than any other animal. Female “sex kittens” “purr” seductively and have “feline” beautiful looks. The desexualized “cat lady” stereotype contrasts with the “sexy cat” cliche. Recently, Donald Trump’s

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The hidden labour of a female Indian worker: 50 jobs, 30 years

In the 30 years that she lived in slums around Delhi, India, Syeda X, a destitute migrant woman, worked more than 50 occupations. She sewed tea strainers, door knobs, picture frames, and toy guns in addition to trimming denim threads, cooking, and shelling almonds. Along with making jewelry and beadwork, she embroidered school bags. Her

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The Paris Olympic village controversy—and others

Cities hosting the Olympics have developed enormous tracts of purpose-made housing for athletes since 1924. These are widely used for urban redevelopment, but do they benefit local communities? Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the IOC in 1894, proposed the first Olympic village in Paris for the 1924 Summer Games. The athletes would sleep and eat

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Einstein wrote in his letter about the atomic bomb, “It was the one huge mistake in my life.”

On August 2, 1939, Albert Einstein wrote to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His letter led to the Manhattan Project, one of history’s most deadly innovations. Had a two-page letter from 2 August 1939 never been written, the 2023 blockbuster film Oppenheimer’s harrowing description of the lethal harnessing of atomic power might have been science fiction. Albert

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