OpinionUS politics This article is more than 2 years oldI’m happy Juneteenth is a federal holiday. But don’t let it be whitewashedThis article is more than 2 years oldAkin OllaWe should celebrate the new holiday, while resisting attempts to co-opt its meaning and render it empty ceremony
On 17 June, Joe Biden signed a bill turning Juneteenth, 19 June, into a federal holiday. Juneteenth, a celebration of the emancipation of enslaved Black people after the formal end of the US civil war, began in Texas in 1866 and has long been observed by many Black Americans. Read More...
Movies This article is more than 23 years oldKidman courts controversy as Mrs SatanThis article is more than 23 years oldA transatlantic row has erupted over the portrayal of the life and works of an American woman who became a Cotswold heroine in a new film which will star Nicole Kidman and may be directed by Paul Verhoeven, who is best known for such controversial blockbusters as Basic Instinct and Showgirls, Read More...
Osama bin Laden This article is more than 11 years oldPakistan petitioned to release Osama bin Laden's youngest wifeThis article is more than 11 years oldBrother of Bin Laden's Yemeni wife, Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, makes appeal to authorities to let go sister and her childrenThe family of Osama bin Laden's youngest wife has petitioned the chief justice of Pakistan to order her release and that of her children from the Pakistani authorities. Read More...
