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The Rappler CEO spoke to The Wire's Arfa Khanum Sherwani about how journalists everywhere need to prepare themselves for the worst-case scenario of government-ordered closure and what they should do face up to such a challenge.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India’s capital New Delhi arrested a Muslim journalist...

Indian Country headlines for Thursday, June 23, 2022

White Pine Pictures executive Andrew Munger has re-launched his outfit Ultramagnetic...

The move comes after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had threatened Sisodia on Twitter after the latter accused him of corruption in the procurement of PPE kits in 2020.

In an interview with The Wire, Kumar discusses a range of issues – including freedom, democracy, caste and political violence.

Money, and you dont know where the [ bleep ] its going to take you. >> "the wire" broke down systemic racism and the cycle of poverty like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. its a school day, youre going to be late. >> it wasnt just about, hey, look at these black kids chilling drugs on the street. you were in the apartment with them where they had no parents, where they were taking care of their siblings, where they were trying to scrounge for food. >> wheres your book bag? >> te...

>> i think "the wire" showed the architecture of a full city and the way it layered its characters, particularly omar. omar was, by all other facets of his life, pretty awful. >> yeah, the cheese stands alone. >> but he had this code that he lived by that made him very touchable and very human. >> hey, yo, mike. >> he was openly gay, but people were also very afraid of him. and his sexuality was not necessarily weaponized against him. and for me, i didnt see black gangsters portrayed that way a ...

The first season of 'The Wire' began 20 years ago this month. It remains one of this century's great television shows — both stylish and smart, with unforgettable characters woven into a striking portrait of the depredations of capitalism in one US city.

According to the police, Nawab Satpal Tanwar put a "bounty of Rs 1 crore" on the suspended BJP spokesperson and also made threatening remarks.