cultures

I’ll start with a point made by writer Sam Thielman in an opinion piece for NBC News online two years ago. The country was up in arms about the film “Cuties” being broadcast on Netflix. The movie featured 11- and 12-year-old French…

HONOLULU (AP) — For more than 50 years, telescopes and the needs of astronomers have dominated the summit of Mauna Kea, a mountain sacred to Native Hawaiians that’s also one of the finest places in the world to study the night sky.That’s…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them, part of a broader national push by the GOP for a sweeping parents bill of…

Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, a month-long celebration centered on the cultures, histories, and experiences of Asian and Indian communities, runs from Jan. 14 to Feb. 12. Credit: Jessica Langer |…