The Latest Breaking News from Leo Frank

As Jewish college students look South, some discover a long but overlooked history

For nearly a decade now, news outlets ranging from The Atlantic to the Forward and The Free Press have reported on the increasing number of Jewish students attending college in the South.

The Conversation · Sep 30

Trump Said He Would Rid the Kennedy Center of 'Woke.' He Injected His Own Politics Instead.

This is what happens when you give the government control over artistic institutions.

Reason · Sep 12

Trump's Failed Kennedy Center Takeover Shows Why Art and Government Don't Mix

The president's remedy for a "woke" Kennedy Center was to replace one alleged strain of ideological capture with another.

Reason · Jun 5

Trump administration briefing: president threatens Hamas, leaves Ukraine in the dark and flip flops on tariffs

Trump tells Hamas to release all hostages or ‘it is over for you’ as US stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2025

Pentagon official condemned over tweet about Jewish victim lynched by Georgia mob

Kingsley Wilson cast doubt on circumstances of death of Leo Frank, in echo of white supremacist talking point

The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025

This World Is Not My Own review – fascinating study of black artist Nellie Mae Rowe

Rowe escaped destitution through art in 20th century Atlanta in this busy but intriguing story of an unsung artist who made beauty from the mundane

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2024

Antisemitism on Elon Musk's X is surging and dredging up many ancient, defamatory themes of blaming Jews

Since buying Twitter, rebranded as X, billionaire Elon Musk, who calls himself a “free speech absolutist,” has welcomed hatemongers to the platform, including one who recently coined the trending hashtag #BanTheADL.

The Conversation · Sep 12, 2023

No script at Tony Awards, but plenty of song, dance, high spirits and history-making wins

There were plenty of uncertainty in the run-up to this year’s Tony Awards, which at one point seemed unlikely to happen at all due to the Hollywood writer’s strike

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

Tony Awards viewers baffled after director Michael Arden’s impassioned acceptance speech is censored

Arden won Best Direction of a Musical for his revivial of ‘Parade’

The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023

White House plan to combat antisemitism needs to take on centuries of hatred, discrimination and even lynching in America

As reported antisemitic incidents in the U.S. in 2022 soared to an all-time high, the White House began developing plans to combat this hate, proclaiming in an official statement, “antisemitism has no place in America.”

The Conversation · May 23, 2023