Tag: celebrity
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
What is involuntary manslaughter? A law professor explains the charge facing...
Peter A. Joy, Washington University in St Louis
A prosecutor in New Mexico intends to charge Alec Baldwin with...
How Chinese celebrities are amplifying official policy on Taiwan, pushing ‘One...
Dan Chen, University of Richmond and Gengsong Gao, University of Richmond
The Chinese government has a new ally when...
R. Kelly was aided by a network of complicity – common...
Peggy Cunningham, Dalhousie University and Minette Drumwright, University of Texas at Austin
R&B singer R. Kelly was found guilty...
What is cultural appropriation, and how does it differ from cultural...
Joshua E. Kane, Arizona State University
Fashion companies are increasingly being taken to task for selling expensive versions of...
What The Weeknd’s changing face says about our sick celebrity culture
Alvaro Jarrin, College of the Holy Cross
You might have seen The Weeknd’s altered face on the internet lately...
For black celebrities like Oprah, it’s impossible to be apolitical
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
Oprah Winfrey’s rousing Golden Globe speech has many speculating whether the media mogul will become a presidential candidate...
How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of...
Verna Kale, Pennsylvania State University
When he published “The Sun Also Rises” in 1926, Ernest Hemingway was well-known among the expatriate literati of Paris and...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
