UNCOVERED: 8 | History Defined

Moral ambiguity and the representation of genocide – is there a limit to what can be depicted?

On January 10 2022, the McMinn County School Board in Tennessee voted unanimously to remove Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus from the school’s curriculum, and ban it. The board cited concerns about nudity and profanity, implicitly raising broader questions about the book’s depiction of violence.

The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022

Galleries continue to erase women artists in their blockbuster exhibitions

The National Gallery recently announced its summer 2023 exhibition, After Impressionism, claiming the show will celebrate the “towering achievements of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin and Rodin” among others. The response on social media to this announcement was largely, “where are the women?”

The Conversation · Jun 15, 2022

'The Red Witch': how communist writer, intellectual and activist Katharine Susannah Prichard helped shape Australia

Nathan Hobby’s The Red Witch: A Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard takes on the challenging task of sorting out the complicated details of Prichard’s life as a child, sibling, governess, teacher, friend, lover, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, traveller, celebrity, journalist, poet, novelist, short-story writer, social activist, public speaker and communist.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2022

T-Mobile US Shares Gain On Q1 Performance; Boosting Sprint Merger Synergies Outlook

T-Mobile US, Inc (NASDAQ:TMUS) reported first-quarter FY22 revenue growth of 1.8% year-on-year to $20.12 billion, beating the consensus of $20.11 billion. EPS of $0.57 beat the consensus of $0.32. Service revenues of $15.1 billion grew 7% Y/Y, including Postpaid service revenue growth of 9%. T-Mobile added 348 thousand postpaid net accounts and 1.3…

Benzinga · Apr 27, 2022

Here's Why Meta Investors Remain Divided Over Board Member Election

A group of shareholders urged Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) shareholders to vote against the re-election of two board members, Marc Andreessen and Peggy Alford. PayPal Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ:PYPL) Peggy Alford joined the Facebook parent's board in 2019, whereas venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has served on the company's board since June 2008, Reuters reports. "We…

Benzinga · Apr 19, 2022

Wikimedia editors vote to stop accepting cryptocurrency donations

They accounted for just .08 percent of the Wikimedia Foundation's revenue.

Input · Apr 13, 2022

Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

The Conversation · Apr 7, 2022

If animals could speak, would we understand them?

Turin, once briefly the capital of Italy, is famous today for its coffee, delectable hazelnut chocolate, Fiat cars, Juventus FC and the architectural wonder, the Mole Antonelliana. It also happens to be the city of a reportedly epiphanic moment in the life of multi-faceted German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

The Conversation · Mar 30, 2022

Ibogaine Blocks Alcohol's Rewarding Effects On Mice, Recent Study Finds

According to a recent study published in the Frontiers in Psychopharmacology journal, the psychoactive substance ibogaine could block some addiction-related effects of alcohol. The study analyzed the effects of ibogaine in mice through the model of addiction known as “conditioned place preference” (CPP), which measures the tendency for animals to spend…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

GM Keeps Up Production In China By Retaining Workers In Factory: Reuters

General Motors Company’s (NYSE:GM) joint venture in Shanghai, China, is continuing production amid lockdown by making workers sleep on factory floors, Reuters reported. The company has formed an arrangement in which workers sleep, live, and work in isolation from the rest of the world to prevent virus transmission.  General Motors runs the facilities…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022