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One YouTube creator is revolutionizing the way online personalities are telling stories using one of man’s oldest inventions.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Sketch comedy’s most popular television program is faltering and its network doesn’t know what to do.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Comedian George Carlin spent 50 years making audiences laugh. A new documentary looks at how he made them think.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Philadelphia’s murals have provided inspiration for the city and artists for decades.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

In a world where jazz is seemingly in decline, few musicians perform the genre. Kamasi Washington seeks to transform it.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Hollywood’s most imaginative and prolific composer is putting down the baton after 70 years of creating cinema’s most memorable soundtracks.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Virtual learning is wildly unpopular, but one platform serves as a shining example of online education done right.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

A new artificial intelligence design program is revolutionizing a creative field and showing the controversial side of advanced technology.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The tarnished retail empire is diving headfirst into the world of cryptocurrency and may not be able to come up for air.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The Toronto rapper’s seventh studio album tries and fails to merge two popular genres, yielding one large disappointment.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Twenty years ago, one of America’s most beloved shows was born. Now, its powerful roots have finally been revealed.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Organized labor in America is relatively rare, but baristas at Starbucks are fighting to change that.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The once-beloved franchise comes to an anticlimactic conclusion in a schlocky summer blockbuster that painfully breaks from what made its predecessors great.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

As Brooklyn’s newest skyscraper rises, expectations for an equitable future for the borough plummet.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

This celebrity lawsuit has demonstrated the transformative effect of social media on public opinion.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Nanfu Wang’s unrelentingly terrifying documentary about China’s handling of the COVID-19 outbreak teaches the most pertinent lessons about grief, honesty and human nature.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Two of the largest rappers have entered a new chapter in their long war of words, and while many fans are grabbing popcorn, the battle is already stagnating.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The controversial anonymous social media platform has returned to the App Store after four years of absence, and its rebirth has initiated a long and complicated path to reconciling its ugly past.

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One of the largest subscription platforms almost betrayed its creators, exposing the fragility of safe virtual spaces for producers of adult content.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The Netflix documentary thrusts the veiled, often ignored pseudoscience of this illegitimate practice into the spotlight.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The modern Games just turned 125 years old and despite attempts to revitalize international interest, the event is beginning to show its age.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

While this issue is known to be particularly concerning across the Pacific Northwest, these fires are gradually spreading across the continent. Here’s why you should be concerned.

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The 22-time Grammy winner is about to drop his 10th studio album, and the details surrounding it continue his long history of bizarre releases.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Two multibillionaires have recently traveled tens of miles from the Earth’s surface. The rest of the world is still waiting for a reason to care.

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The long-awaited music event offers a star-studded musical roster and heralds a return to live festivals for New York City.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

After being neglected for more than 50 years, unearthed footage from the Harlem Cultural Festival demonstrates the importance of honoring the music of Black artists.

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The American sports journalist is creating a groundbreaking Spotify network, named the Unbothered Network, that is sure to increase the visibility of Black creators on the platform.

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The young reporter has already established himself as a short-form video extraordinaire despite having only made content for less than two years.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

The college’s recent auction indicates the extensive presence of non-fungible tokens in a financial market that is warming up to blockchain technology.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

A new class of artists has been recognized as honorees at a prestigious ceremony that has reworked the traditions of the typical award banquet.

Niall Calvert, Wesleyan University

Recent efforts to ban discussion of systemic racism from American curricula represent a dangerous blunder with the potential to upset equitable social progress.