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2 Charlottesville, Va., residents remember the 2017 'Unite the Right' rally

Five years ago a car slammed into a crowd of counterprotesters. One person was killed and a dozen injured. Lisa Woolfork was in that crowd. She remembers that day with her friend Kendall King-Sellars.

Miller has gone from an indie darling to a key player in Warner Bros. DC superhero franchise.

What's going on with Ezra Miller? A look at the ongoing scandals

After the actor faced multiple arrests and allegations of assault and grooming, they announced that they are getting mental health treatment. Miller is set to star in the upcoming film The Flash.

A still from <em>Aftersun</em>, one of this year's Oscar nominees that truly realizes the narrative power of songs.

The Oscars are getting the best song category all wrong

In filmmaking, placing a song in just the right context and letting it cast its spell is an art — one that many films in 2022 mastered. What if we gave that achievement its own award?

A preview of some of the hot movies that lie ahead this summer

Here's a selective look ahead at the summer's potential blockbusters, awards contenders and crowd-pleasers.

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame of Ghana is the new chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — the first African woman in that post. Asked to define disability, she says: "It is not the presence of the impairment, but it is the social and attitudinal barriers that are hindering our performance."

She's a U.N. disability advocate who won't see her own blindness as a disability

Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame could not imagine "what the future had in store" when she began to lose her vision at age 10. "Is this the end for you?" some asked. She faced sorrow but ultimately triumphed.

Gun violence prevention advocates wish for more action beyond President Biden's words

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with March for Our Lives organizer, Tatiana Washington, about President Biden's actions on gun violence.

Melania Trump's 2020 Christmas Decorations Are Unconventionally Traditional

The first lady reportedly isn't a big fan of the holiday tradition and her husband doesn't acknowledge he lost the election, but the White House's aesthetic aims for an old-school note.

Each track on Rina Sawayama's <em>Hold The Girl</em> is extremely, outlandishly major, proceeding at an exhausting intensity.

On 'Hold the Girl,' Rina Sawayama's stadium sound obscures her signature appeal

The pop singer has superstar ambition and a knack for clever genre collisions. But while her new album sometimes matches intensity with innovation, it more often grinds her nuanced story to a paste.

Sister Act @ Theater Rhino - SF International Arts Fest - Real Vocal String Quartet - Summer Reading

This week on Open Air, KALW’s radio magazine for the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay Area, guest host Kevin Vance talks to AeJay Mitchell,…

St. Julia Catholic Church adapted their celebration for Our Lady of Guadalupe to be COVID-19 safe.

Holiday On Wheels: Latino Church Gets Creative Honoring Patron Saint Despite Pandemic

The Rev. Julio Martinez put a portrait of Our Lady of Guadalupe on the back of a pickup truck and celebrated the festival in the front yards of church members.

14 celebrity memoirs spilling all the tea

It's been a busy season for celebrity memoirs. A-listers from the worlds of Hollywood, music, journalism and royalty dish their own stories in these recent and upcoming books.

An Update On GOP Efforts To Suppress The Vote As Record Turnout Continues

On this edition of Your Call, we're getting an update on early voting, problems at the polls and Republican sponsored voter suppression. Nearly 79 million…

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