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Netflix UK: The best original TV series to watch now Ed Power © Provided by The Independent Netflixs televised revolution began in earnest in February 2013, when the machiavellian political schemer Frank Underwood looked straight into the camera and casually snapped a dog’s neck. It was the first episode of House of Cards – a $100 million TV series that would only be available on the Internet. The show represented a huge risk for the streaming service as it sought to make...

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Big Mouths Brandon Kyle Goodman on Nonbinary Representation Nonbinary writer and advocate Brandon Kyle Goodman adds purpose to his punch lines. February 23 2021 8:00 AM EST Television has not always been an affirming place for Black queer voices, but Brandon Kyle Goodman is changing that one punch line at a time. The 33-year-old nonbinary writer, actor, and advocate (who uses the pronouns he or they) has made a name for himself writing for Netflix’s hilarious animated series Big Mouth, a sh...

By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily One of five youths falsely accused of raping a woman in Central Park in the late 1980s will be the keynote speaker for the University of Wyoming’s Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue event. Yusef Salaam, a member of the group dubbed the “Central Park Five,” will discuss the case and his work at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 9 through a virtual presentation for the university. The Martin Luther King Jr. “Days of Dialogue,” which begins Feb. 8, is in its 17th y...

Guest Columnist John M. Connolly: No false equivalence © Jim Gipeall rights reserved413-584-5302Smith College Use Only Submitted photo—© Jim Gipe 2001 all rights... Published: 2/1/2021 4:11:49 PM Joe Biden is now president. Donald Trump has left the White House in disgrace after instigating the insurrection on Jan. 6. But his apologists are busily trying to whitewash that event by claiming an equivalence between it and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests last summer. They also accuse D...

Pravda.Ru published my article Does the World Need Evil?  This article was motivated by the philosophical question, if people indirectly, but intentionally, cause injury or death to another by the decisions or choices they make, but do so under the protection of humanly created "law," will they eventually have to answer for their actions (or inactions)? What makes this question impossible to answer is it relies upon whether heaven and hell actually exist, or if they are simply fairy tales tha...

January 28, 2021 Yusef Salaam A member of the “Central Park Five” who was wrongfully convicted of raping a white female jogger in 1989 is the keynote speaker for the virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Days of Dialogue (MLK DOD) Feb. 8-12 at the University of Wyoming. Yusef Salaam, who was 15 at the time, served six years and eight months in a juvenile facility before the five teenagers’ sentences were overturned in 2002. He will discuss the case and his work Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 5:30 p.m. The ...

One-fourth of all the federal executions of the past century were ordered by President Donald Trump since July 2020.

Trumps barbarism isnt just on display at the Capitol, hes also on a death penalty killing spree. afisher@businessinsider.com (Anthony L. Fisher) © Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp while protesting against the execution of Lisa Montgomery on January 12, 2021. Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Trumps incitement of a deadly insurrection of the Capitol projected a shameful image of Am...

A final Trump Christmas carol, Charles Dickens-style By (0) President Donald Trump arrives to make the coin toss before the Army-Navy Game at Michie Stadium at West Point on December 12.  Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo At this time of year, Charles Dickens makes a regular appearance in this column. Last year, the "ghosts" of Christmas Past, Present and Future who haunted President Donald Trump were Abraham Lincoln, John McCain and Vladimir Putin. This year, the number of ghosts ...