Category: Arts & Entertainment

Less polite language on protest paddles, sick burns in the private Slack, and other techniques for sticking it to the Republican party.

The South African actor has been speaking out about racial injustice for decades, often in collaboration with the late playwright Athol Fugard. Kunene and the King is Kani’s latest project.

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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with video game designer and UC Santa Cruz professor A.M. Darke, about her work on a new computer algorithm that more accurately illustrates Black hair.

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Nancy Patula, of Palm Harbor, Florida, along with Weekend Edition puzzle master, Will Shortz.

Jasmine Amy Rogers is starring in her first Broadway musical. Eight years ago, NPR talked with her when she was still in high school.

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Our 10 finalists for the best college podcasts in the country include students from some familiar schools, and a few surprises.

This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Amanda Seyfried and panelists Peter Grosz, Fortune Feimster, and Emmy Blotnick

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Burr is known for his contrarian, fiery stand-up, but lately he’s been feeling lighter on stage. Simu Liu had to dive in deep, dark water in order to recreate the harrowing rescue in Last Breath.

Here are the winning entries in this year’s Global Ability Photography Challenge.

No Other Land has no U.S. distributor, so the filmmakers have had to make one-on-one deals with cinemas. Art house theaters such as O Cinema have been screening the film independently.

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