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Honor Society review – a sharp, surprisingly dark high school comedy

The Paramount Plus film about a high school girl singularly obsessed with getting into Harvard is an enjoyably fanged journey through senior year

The Guardian - US · Jul 29, 2022

Items taken from Wounded Knee massacre victims reveal monumental task of returning Native American artefacts to their rightful owners

Moccasins, necklaces and ceremonial pipes are carefully laid out as a photographer dutifully snaps pictures under bright studio lights, but it's a key step in a long and painful process for Native Americans.

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

BJ Novak says being a Harvard graduate is ‘the worst thing to have’ on a comedy resume, sparking debate

“Comedy is an underdog profession,” Novak explained in a recent interview

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022

For the First Time, Supreme Court Splits 5-4 Along Gender Lines

The Court denied the Biden's request for a stay of a lower court injunction against new immigration enforcement guidelines.

Reason · Jul 23, 2022

Emerald heart: a guide to Ireland’s six national parks

Fringing remote islands and the wild Atlantic coast, steeped in legend and home to exotic flora, these protected areas are a hiker’s paradise

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

Supreme Court move allows Jackson to take part in race case

The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the court, to take part in a case that could lead to the end of the use of race in college admissions

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Blackhawks form partnership with Sac and Fox Nation that includes language preservation and scholarships — but name concerns still linger

CHICAGO — Robert Williamson didn’t know what to make of the Chicago Blackhawks at first.

Chicago Tribune · Jul 22, 2022

'It' producer Dan Lin sets up creator accelerator for racial equity in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES — In the late 1990s, Dan Lin was a 25-year-old Harvard MBA student with no Hollywood connections when he joined Warner Bros. as an intern under film executive Lorenzo DiBonaventura.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 21, 2022

Biden must cancel all student loan debt, including for those with graduate degrees

Politicians argue that canceling student debt will mainly benefit doctors and lawyers. But it is first-generation graduates of color who are struggling to make payments

The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2022

CRISPR, 10 Years On: Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

Ten years ago this week, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published the results of a test-tube experiment on bacterial genes. When the study came out in the journal Science on June 28, 2012, it did not make headline news. In fact, over the next few weeks, it did not make…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 18, 2022