Recent Contributions

• Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78
• Actor and comedian Leslie Jordan dead at 67
• Kate Beaton's new graphic memoir is about the dark type of job you take for money
• New report finds a coordinated rise in attempted book bans
• Ottessa Moshfegh's year of death and internet clout
• R. Kelly is sentenced to 30 years in prison
• How the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol smokes
• People of color helped Hollywood through another pandemic year, a new study says
• In Ukraine, writer-photographer Yevgenia Belorusets documents Kyiv's displaced
• Will Activision Blizzard workers unionize? Microsoft's deal complicates things