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music features

Bad Deals Are Baked Into the Way the Music Industry Operates
We broke down the three most common types of contracts an artist might sign today, offering a window into how the “bad deal” isn’t an anomaly—it’s by design.
Drew Schwartz
10.21.20
Features

Black Artists Are Still Getting Ripped Off the Way Little Richard Was
The kind of egregious exploitation Richard faced in the 1950s might seem unthinkable today. But for many Black artists, not much has changed.
Drew Schwartz
10.21.20
music-op-eds

From Prince to Whitney to Nicki: The Plight of the Black Pop Star
How does one exist as a Black pop musician when pop is predicated on whiteness?
Briana Younger
10.21.20
music-op-eds

The Co-Opting of Rap Criticism Is About More Than Just Music
The strongest reporting on the LA riots of 1992 came from Black writers at a hip-hop magazine. In 2020, the infrastructure for a robust Black press doesn't exist.
Kristin Corry
10.21.20
qanon

More Than Half of Trump Supporters Believe QAnon Conspiracy Theories Now
Including that Democrats are involved in "elite child sex-trafficking rings."
David Gilbert
10.21.20
LGBTQI

Pope Francis Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions
The pontiff previously expressed support for civil unions for same-sex couples during his tenure as archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Tim Hume
10.21.20
Opioids

Purdue Pharma, the Maker of OxyContin, Will Plead Guilty for Fueling the Opioid Crisis
The company will admit that it “knowingly and intentionally conspired and agreed with others to aid and abet” the use of its drugs.
Emma Ockerman
10.21.20
Lenovo New Realities

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Using an App to Help Refugees Start a New Life
Aisha Coulibaly is using an app to help refugees in Italy settle into their new home.
school

When Students Sexually Harass Teachers
Teachers are sexualised by their pupils more often than you'd think. This is what they're taught to do.
Sarah Haque
10.21.20
family separation

The Trump Administration Has Effectively Orphaned 545 Migrant Kids
Lawyers say they haven't been able to find the parents of hundreds of kids taken from their parents under the "zero tolerance" family separation policy.
Paul Blest
10.21.20
COVID-19

The Trump Administration Is Getting Sued Over COVID Exploding in Prisons
The American Civil Liberties Union is trying to get records to figure out what went wrong.
Emma Ockerman
10.21.20
tech-science

NASA Landed a Probe on an Ancient Asteroid and Took a Sample In First for U.S.
"A piece of primordial rock that has witnessed our solar system’s entire history may now be ready to come home for generations of scientific discovery,” said a NASA scientist of the U.S.'s first attempt to return an asteroid sample to Earth.
Becky Ferreira
10.21.20
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