Even though The Boys is filled with super-powered people in capes, the show has never felt more like real life than with the release of season 5. Set a year …
America
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In 2013, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes was researching blackface in America when she encountered a stumbling block at the Library of Congress: Various primary sources on the subject were listed …
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A US naval strike force centred around the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean, the US Navy has confirmed. The arrival of the …
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Lifestyle
Data centers meet resistance over environmental concerns as AI boom spreads in Latin America | Artificial intelligence (AI)
This Q&A originally appeared as part of The Guardian’s TechScape newsletter. Sign up for this weekly newsletter here. The data centers that power the artificial intelligence boom are beyond enormous. …
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Culture
‘Europe is the core – America joined as an offshoot’: the historian challenging what ‘the west’ means | History books
For your book The West: The History of an Idea, you spent 12 years researching what people mean when they talk about “the west”. At a time when America’s president …
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Kino Lorber has picked up North American rights to Nadav Lapid’s Yes, the Israeli director’s political satire set in the aftermath of October 7. Set in the days after October …
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Samuel Kangethe arrives with his luggage at the Detroit Metro Airport on August 17, 2025. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR hide caption toggle caption Sergio Martínez-Beltrán/NPR LANSING, Mich. — Five suitcases are scattered …
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Culture
John Oliver on ‘Make America healthy again’: ‘A bleak time to be involved in public health’ | John Oliver
On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver delved into the “Make America healthy again” (Maha) movement, a “big tent” group that’s “not just Republicans”. Many within the …
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Music Box Films has acquired the North American distribution rights for Petra Volpe’s “Late Shift,” which was revealed today to be Switzerland’s official entry for the International Feature Film category …
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Training
Emma Willard, the First Female Mapmaker in America, Creates Pioneering Maps of Time to Teach Students about Democracy (Circa 1851)
We all know Marshall McLuhan’s pithy, endlessly quotable line “the medium is the message,” but rarely do we stop to ask which one comes first. The development of communication technologies …