Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

RARE PHOTOS: Paul robeson - The Real Truth

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist

The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished

The Guardian - US

What did Australians watch on TV on Christmas Eve 1960?

Television has been part of people’s homes and lives for decades. And that makes it an intriguing part of everyday life and cultural history – even if you don’t think there’s anything on worth watching.

The Conversation

First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental intervention – as seen in the temporary suspension of TV host Jimmy Kimmel – the common reflex for many who want to safeguard free expression is to turn to the First Amendment and its free speech…

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

‘Make Resistance Sexy’

In Houston, actor Kendrick Sampson seeks to make a party out of political engagement.

Texas Observer

Grammys 2025: All the winners and nominees in EVERY category

You want it? You got it. The Grammy's have a prize for everything, from best sleevenotes to videogame soundtrack…

MusicRadar

James Earl Jones obituary

American actor hailed for his many classical roles whose voice became known to millions as that of Darth Vader in Star Wars

The Guardian - UK

75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY

Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That’s where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point in the political landscape of the post-World War II era.

The Conversation

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

7 Famous Black Figures That Are Long Overdue For Their Own Biopic

How on earth have these biopics not been made yet?

Cinemablend

Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong friend of labor

King, who championed economic as well as racial justice, called labor unions “the first anti-poverty program,” a Western Illinois University professor writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

I Don't Think We Talk Enough About Paul Robeson (And What He Brought To The Film Industry)

Paul Robeson was a true Renaissance Man. Here are a few of the movies that I think more people should be talking about.

Cinemablend

The Sydney Opera House: 50 years as ‘the people’s house’

As the iconic building turns 50, a look at how it became known as ‘The People’s House’, and what that title means today.

Al Jazeera

The protest song that’s taken America by storm hits too many false notes

Rich Men North of Richmond represents the poor but lets the wealthy off the hook

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte: a singer and actor but an activist at heart

The Caribbean-American singer and actor Harry Belafonte has passed away from congestive heart failure at the age of 96. Although he was well known for songs like Day-O (The Banana Boat song) and Jump In The Line, which earned him the title “King of Calypso”, his music was a vehicle…

The Conversation

'Artist activist' says he wants to bring about change

Actor, writer and singer Tayo Aluko is inspired by Paul Robeson and Harry Belafonte

Liverpool Echo

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Retrograde review – toxicity meets integrity in exceptional Sidney Poitier drama

Ryan Calais Cameron’s terrific three-hander dramatises a meeting in 1955 Hollywood, mapping the dilemmas that actors of colour still face

The Guardian - UK

Steve McQueen on his hero Harry Belafonte: ‘He had everything – but his service was to his people’

The British director recalls how the great US singer, actor and activist became a mentor to him – after giving a speech about Tarzan to celebrate 12 Years a Slave winning an award

The Guardian - UK

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and tireless activist, dies aged 96

Chart-topping calypso singer who supported US civil rights movement and African initiatives dies of congestive heart failure

The National (Scotland)

Our Fathers Fought Franco: How one Lothian coalminer joined the fight against fascism

IN the new book Our Fathers Fought Franco (Luath Press), edited by Willy Maley, four adult children tell the stories of their fathers. Here’s an…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

This is England … and Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: where to find the UK’s greatest film scenes

From aliens cruising Glasgow to punks rocking Belfast, most regions of the UK have had their big-screen moment. Our critics take us on a tour of some of their favourite locations

ABC News

Australian actor Coral Browne went from humble beginnings to a 1940s Hollywood star

The actor, who loved a good swear, is depicted in the acclaimed play Coral Browne: This F***ing Lady.

The Guardian - UK

Eric Levy obituary

Other lives: Activist and human rights campaigner who travelled to Iraq as a ‘human shield’

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Something in the Air; A Dead Body in Taos – reviews

Peter Gill’s subtle new play finds the power of love in the smallest of details, while David Farr explores strained family bonds in a transhuman future

The Guardian - UK

A commie witch-hunt, a live abdication and a military invasion of sport: 100 years of the BBC, part two

Paul Robeson was embraced then banned, Gracie Fields beat cancer and trilled for the troops, news anchors got a catchphrase – and parental chinwags went transatlantic

The Guardian - UK

‘My neighbour said: Do you want to be in The Empire Strikes Back?’ – Julian Glover on his amazing breaks

From Bond to Indiana Jones to Game of Thrones, Julian Glover has starred in some of the biggest franchises ever. As he appears with Russell Crowe in Prizefighter, the great actor spills his secrets

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Charles Blockson’s grade school teacher told him Black people have no history. He set out to prove her wrong

A 1942 classroom with old-style wooden desks, a chalkboard, and a large, blown-up grade-school class photo showing Charles L. Blockson, one of only a handful of Black children in a predominantly white group, greets you early in the exhibition.

1 2

People

Martin Luther King Jr

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Australian Women Weekly

12 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.