From Kobe Bryant to Hockey Canada: Athletes and the pursuit of ‘consent’ in the digital age
While the effort to record consent before sexual encounters is on the rise, one expert cautions those videos “may be misleading.”
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When One Actor Contains Multitudes: An Old Form Finds (Eerie) New Life
Online, onstage and onscreen, performers are playing multiple parts. The effect of watching someone shape-shift can be both thrilling and unnerving.
Beaver Dams Mean No Love Lost for Canada’s Emblematic Animal
ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, Ontario — The beaver may be one of Canada’s official national symbols, as iconic as the maple leaf, but Canadians have …
How to Stop a Nuclear War
In September 1983, Stanislav Petrov was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet military, assigned to the command center that monitored early-warning …
Did We Miss Biden’s Most Important Remark About Russia?
Pretty much every crucial line in President Biden’s recent marathon news conference has been dissected by now — except one, the one that may turn …
Russia’s Military Show of Strength Masks Economic and Diplomatic Cracks
The annual Moscow parade marking victory over Nazi Germany is expected to be the largest in years, with world leaders in attendance, as the Kremlin tries to link that triumph to the war in Ukraine.
This Is Putin’s War. But America and NATO Aren’t Innocent Bystanders.
When a major conflict like Ukraine breaks out, journalists always ask themselves: “Where should I station myself?” Kyiv? Moscow? Munich …
Europeans express relief as the American travel ban ends.
For months, Europeans and their leaders seethed about what they considered unfair treatment from the United States, which kept a Covid-related …
French Female Directors Continue Hot Streak at Rendez-Vous Festival
Sex and the city, false identities and love triangles feature prominently in this year’s Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, an annual showcase of …
Democrats Must Embrace Their Inner Jerry Springer
Given that Hollywood is often caricatured as a hotbed of liberalism, it’s surprising that Republicans seem so much better than Democrats at the showbiz side of politics. Two Republican presidents have stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: Presidents …