While we’ve come a long way with on-screen representation, much of mainstream television and film fails to offer relatable, authentic representation for all. That’s the beauty of podcasts: up-to-date content in an accessible format that often enables different demographics to have a voice at the table — or better yet, build their own platform. This week’s podcast picks amplify queer, Black, and Asian American creators who are taking control of their own narratives. They offer us a fresh lens through which we can re-watch old favorites or learn about media we’ve yet to engage with. These podcasts will make you feel like you’re sitting in a living room with
“Fire of Love” Leads Noms for Critics Choice Doc Awards
The nominations are in for the seventh annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards, and Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” leads the pack with a whopping seven noms. Her tribute to volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft is up for honors such as Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Score.
Of 10 titles vying for Best Film, six are helmed by women. Besides “Fire of Love,” other women-directed nominees include “Descendant,” Margaret Brown’s investigation into the last slave ship to arrive in the United State, and “Aftershock,” Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s look inside the maternal health crisis and the role that systemic racism plays in it.
Three of
Trailer Watch: Laura Poitras Tackles Art and the Opioid Crisis in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“When you think of the profit of people’s pain, you can only be furious,” says Nan Goldin in a new trailer for Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” The award-winning documentary highlights the photographer’s mission to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid crisis. “There’s the Sackler family of the art world, the museum world, and philanthropy, and then there’s the big pharma marketing addiction and death,” we’re told.
Goldin uses art and activism to draw attention to the Sackler family’s wrongdoings, pushing for major museums, including the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to stop supporting the folks behind Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.
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63 Non-Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas (Because Not Everyone Loves Turkey)
If you’re a diehard turkey/stuffing/sweet potato casserole kind of person, we salute you. But if you’re not? Hey, that’s cool too. Nothing against the classic Turkey Day menu, but there are so many other vegetables, side dishes and desserts that deserve a little holiday love. Might we suggest that you ditch the status quo in favor of alternative Thanksgiving dinner recipes? From bacon-wrapped Brussels sprouts to butternut squash upside-down cake, here are 63 non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner i
California accuses Amazon of stifling competition in new major lawsuit
California accuses Amazon of stifling competition in new major lawsuit
The case mirrors a District of Columbia complaint alleging the company pushes sellers to maintain higher prices on other sites
California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust laws by stifling competition and engaging in practices that push sellers to maintain higher prices on products on other sites.
The 84-page lawsuit filed on Wednesday in San Francisco superior court mirrors another complaint filed last year by the District of Columbia, which was dismissed by a district judge earlier this year and is now going through
Get the new Omicron booster and a flu shot, White House says
WASHINGTON — The new COVID-19 vaccines that gained final approval last week mark a new stage in the fight against the disease, top Biden administration health officials said during a Tuesday press briefing.
Originally issued in late 2020, COVID vaccines have now been updated to target the BA.4 and BA.5 strains of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which have been dominant this year.
“For a large majority of Americans, we are moving to a point where a single annual COVID shot should provide a high degree of protection against serious illness all year,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House pandemic response team coordinator, said. Jha called the new vaccines a
Polio has been detected in New York wastewater. Should you worry? Experts explain
A case of poliovirus — the first detected in the U.S. in nearly a decade — was found in a suburban New York community in July when health officials announced that an unvaccinated man had contracted the disease. He had not traveled overseas during the period of exposure, which suggests he contracted it in this country. Since then, the virus has been found in wastewater samples in the state’s Rockland and Orange counties as well as in New York City.
After a decades-long effort to eliminate polio around the world, the virus has been found through wastewater surveillance in Jerusalem and London as well.
Now authorities in the U.S. are warning
Does monkeypox need a new name?
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates.
What’s happening
Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it is planning to rename the disease known as monkeypox and even created a way for the public to weigh in on what the disease should be called in the future.
Since the early weeks of the ongoing global monkeypox outbreak, which has led to nearly 50,000 known cases around the world, many public health experts have been loudly advocating for a new name based on the belief that the term “monkeypox” was misleading and fueled harmful stereotypes. In June, the WHO said it had begun the
New COVID boosters could mark turning point in pandemic
While many Americans say they’re over COVID-19, the virus doesn’t seem to have taken the hint. Instead, it’s been spinning off new variants and subvariants at a furious pace and continuing to infect hundreds of thousands of people every day.
But now that frantic pattern could finally be coming to an end — and (fingers crossed) the more predictable COVID future we’ve been promised could be on its way.
As early as Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize new Pfizer and Moderna booster shots tailor-made to fight the Omicron subvariants that have been triggering the vast majority of new U.S. COVID cases for months. A combined 175
Texas reports 1st death tied to monkeypox in the U.S.
Texas health officials on Tuesday reported that an immunocompromised patient with monkeypox has died. This would be the first known death from the virus in the United States, if it is confirmed that monkeypox played a role.
The patient was a “severely immunocompromised” adult resident of Harris County, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced in a news release. Health officials said it is still under investigation what role monkeypox played in the death.
“Monkeypox is a serious disease, particularly for those with weakened immune systems,” said Dr. John Hellerstedt, DSHS Commissioner. “We continue to urge people to seek treatment if they have been exposed to monkeypox or have symptoms
