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A few years ago, we fea­tured here on Open Cul­ture the Freedmen’s Bureau Project data­base, which con­tains search­able infor­ma­tion on for­mer­ly enslaved peo­ple in the Unit­ed States after its Civ­il …

Death has always been around Alaina Winters. Her father and sister both have passed away, as did her wife, in 2023, after a years-long battle with cancer. So Winters, who …

When we picked up a nine-week-old black labrador from a couple just outside Callander, Scotland, I had no idea that she would soon be an employee of mine. Poppy became …

It’s difficult to not invoke the term “woke” when discussing Slam Frank, the 2025 musical that reimagines Anne Frank as a pansexual Latina. Controversial even before its first performance, it …

A fundraiser created by Dudley Council to help residents “rebuild their lives” has surpassed £25,000. Another by the Heart of England Community Foundation to help families impacted by fires across …

A whitewater rafting group brings people of different political persuasions together to talk and paddle. Transcript JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: On a recent whitewater rafting trip, paddlers worked together to stay …

“Power. People. Data.” That is a core theme of this year’s program of Locarno Pro, the industry strand of the Locarno Film Festival, whose 79th edition is currently taking place in the Swiss …

Noella Sudbury is the founder of Rasa Legal, a startup that is using artificial intelligence to help tens of thousands of people seal or expunge their criminal records. Meredith Rizzo …

Eleven people have died in a fire at a foster care facility in Algiers, Algeria’s capital city. The country’s civil protection department said 19 others were injured in the blaze, …

Netflix has spent years telling the entertainment industry that binge-worthy originals and a simple user experience were enough to stay ahead. That strategy helped make it the world’s biggest streaming …