How Ukrainian artists channeled their creativity into documenting war

Judge blocks release of Smith's report on Trump documents case to lawmakers

The first volume of special counsel Jack Smith's report on the 2020 election case against President Trump was released last week.

CBS News - Jan. 21

Putin's Torturers Couldn't Break These Ukrainian Prisoners

Former POWs detail cruel methods, including beatings and electric shocks from a field telephone known as “a call to Putin.”

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 20

‘When Star Wars came out, one of our directors was close to tears’: how we made Blake’s 7

‘I thought I’d be rushing around doing stunts. But instead, it was all about my tight, sexy outfits. After three episodes, I was thinking, “I hate this big hair!”’. I got the impression Blake’s 7 ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

Behind Accenture’s Success: The Fusion of Creativity and Technology

Stephanie Mehta, CEO and CCO of Mansueto Ventures, publisher of ‘Inc.’ and ‘Fast Company,’ sat down with Accenture leaders David Droga and Julie Sweet to discuss how they are reinventing ...

Inc. - Jan. 20

‘Inside I was doing the Mario jump’ – how one artist became a key player in Nintendo’s story

Takaya Imamura worked at Nintendo for 32 years before leaving to create his own game, Omega Six. He shares anecdotes from those pivotal years at the creative giant. In 1889 in Kyoto, craftsman ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

Ukraine war briefing: Russia suffered record casualties in 2024, claims Ukrainian commander in chief

Oleksandr Syrskyi claims in interview that 150,000 Russian soldiers died last year; Ukraine shoots down 43 Russian drones. What we know on day 1,062.. See all our Ukraine war coverage Russia ...

The Guardian - Jan. 20

How Hollywood lost the culture war

Its fate hitched to the Democratic Party, Hollywood has reinforced the failure of political imagination that gave us Trump 2.0: reflections on a doomed alliance.

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 19

How Antony Blinken, America’s Top Diplomat, Became the Secretary of War

President Biden’s longtime aide rallied scores of nations to defend Ukraine, but then became a villain to the many critics of U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

The New York Times - Jan. 19

C.I.A. Analyst Pleads Guilty to Leaking Classified Documents About Israel

The analyst was charged with two counts of violating the Espionage Act and faces up to a decade in prison for disclosing sensitive information about Israel’s response to an Iranian attack.

The New York Times - Jan. 17

How the deal to pause the Israel-Hamas war could unfold

The Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement is expected to take effect as soon as Sunday

ABC News - Jan. 17

EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation

Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility. The European Commission has asked X to hand over internal documents about its ...

The Guardian - Jan. 17

'War will last as long as Russia does': Ukrainian talk of victory fades as Trump returns

Those fighting for Ukraine and those who have lost loved ones hope to end the war with Russia on their own terms.

BBC News - Jan. 17

Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm

Expansion of probe follows complaints from politicians in Germany ahead of election next month

Financial Times - Jan. 17

Artists' utopia in ashes: How a little-known 'misfit community' called JJU burned down in Altadena

John Joyce University wasn't a university but rather a tight-knit counterculture collective that drew painters, composers, poets and more. Their houses and converted garages burned, but residents ...

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 17

How 15 months of war has devastated Gaza

BBC Verify examines how fighting has impacted civilians lives in Gaza, after over a year of fighting.

BBC News - Jan. 16

Gaza in maps: How 15 months of war have drastically changed the territory

A visual guide to how much has changed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its military response to Hamas's attacks on 7 October.

BBC News - Jan. 16

How Altadena became the L.A. dream for Gen X and millennial artists, writers, musicians

For a particular creative community, Altadena represented one of the last great affordable places in L.A. to raise a family. The Eaton fire left those homes in ashes, and destroyed one vision of ...

Los Angeles Times - Jan. 15

3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show

Exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade. The multibillion-dollar chemicals company 3M told customers its ...

The Guardian - Jan. 15

USDA documented insects and slime at Boar's Head plants, records show

Government inspectors documented unsanitary conditions at several Boar’s Head deli meat plants, not just the factory that was shut down last year after a deadly outbreak of listeria poisoning, ...

NBC News - Jan. 14

‘Abuse, corruption, dark dealings’: Pope Benedict handed scandal documents to Francis

Pope Francis says in his autobiography he received a ‘large white box’ relating to ‘difficult and painful situations’. Pope Francis has said he inherited a “large white box” full of documents ...

The Guardian - Jan. 14

Hideo Kojima Says His New Game Is Now In "Crunch Time," Wonders How Much Longer He Can Stay Creative

Between Death Stranding 2: On The Beach , Physint, and OD, Hideo Kojima is a very busy developer and keenly aware that time is catching up to him. On X/Twitter, Kojima explained how he'd like to ...

GameSpot - Jan. 13

Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv ready to swap North Korean soldiers for Ukrainian PoWs, Zelenskyy says

Ukrainian president says there ‘should be no doubt left’ that Russia is dependent on military assistance from North Korea. What we know on day 1,055. See all our Ukraine coverage Ukrainian ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13

Man documented Palisades Fire escape online

After fighting to save his family home, 30-year-old Orly Israel had to flee the advancing Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. He shared his harrowing escape online, and the video has garnered more than ...

CBS News - Jan. 11

‘Most of my work is a response to war’: Colombian artist Doris Salcedo on violence, Trump and her crack in Tate Modern’s floor

The artist, famed in the UK for her extraordinary fissure in the turbine hall, has turned her focus to the climate catastrophe and the plight of migrants, but old concerns about her country remain. ...

The Guardian - Jan. 11

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