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The suppressed 1951 film version of Richard Wright’s 1940 novel Native Son was released in virtual cinemas recently in a restoration presented by Kino Lorber in association with the Library of Congress, Fernando Martín Peña, and Argentina Sono Film. The film was also aired by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this past weekend. Shot primarily in Buenos Aires, Argentina with some exterior location shots done in Chicago, the movie was directed and co-written by Pierre Chenal, a Belgian-born direct...

It will be complicated, but hopefully not impossible.

| Updated: Feb. 23, 2021, 12:40 a.m. The annual attempt by Utah lawmakers to bypass the signature-gathering path for candidates to get on the primary ballot is headed to the Senate floor. A Senate committee gave the thumbs up to SB205 on Monday, to give political parties several options for determining how candidates qualify for the primary ballot. “We have about $2.5 million being spent on the signature-gathering process over the last six years,” says bill sponsor Sen. Dan McCay, R-Rivert...

Print This is the Feb. 17, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three times a week. Kamala Harris took just two official trips abroad as a U.S. senator — to Israel, Jordan and Afghanistan. They were the type of box-checking visits to strategic allies and a war zone that many politicians dash off as they position themselves to run for president. Now that she’s vice president, we got an important indication over the la...

Posted by Andy Briggs in Astronomy Essentials | Space | February 16, 2021 When someone says “Milky Way,” do you think of the starry pathway across our sky, or of the great pinwheel-shaped galaxy in space? Both are correct! View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Michael Zuber caught the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn – above the building in this photo – near the starry band of the Milky Way, from Terlingua, Texas, on November 11, 2020. Thank you, Michael. Do you think of th...

Uproar over housing plans for County Durham village which was home to 18th century astronomer Campaigners claim a proposal to build 37 homes in Byers Green will see the disappearance of the last area of land which Thomas Wright would have known in the village Get the latest County Durham news and updates delivered straight to your inbox - sign up for free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide...

Climate Change Weekly #387 President Joe Biden has made fighting climate change the cornerstone of his administration’s domestic and international policy initiatives. This fact is already creating a huge China problem for Biden and the United States. John Kerry is Biden’s handpicked climate envoy, responsible for negotiating international agreements to accelerate greenhouse gas emission reductions to fight climate change. An article in Vox notes that the U.S. relationship with China will b...

Mark Makela/Getty Images John Kerry, President Joe Biden’s special envoy for climate change issues, just addressed one of the biggest concerns early critics have of the new administration: Whether the White House will make unsavory concessions to China in exchange for progress on climate issues. In a Wednesday afternoon press briefing to release the administration’s new climate change executive orders, Kerry answered that question definitively: No. “Obviously we have serious differences w...

What to expect from Biden on China Michael Kugelman January 25, 2021 23:59 Then-Vice President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, Sept. 24, 2015. (AP Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/4e5rv Foreign policy is not an immediate priority for the Biden administration, which is dedicating its initial days in office to tackling America’s pressing domestic challenges: The pandemic, the economy, and deep social and political divides. ...

Will Joe Biden be an activist president on the world stage? Despite cascading crises at home that will need his urgent attention, some foreign policy experts predict the new US President Joe Biden will take an energetic role in foreign policy. New York Times January 21, 2021 / 07:26 AM IST US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, walk near the White House during a Presidential Escort to the White House, on January 20, 2021 in Washington ...