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  • Last week, the U.S. Department of Interior released an investigative report on Indigenous boarding schools in America. Of the 408 reported, eight were in Utah; three of those Utah schools are still operating.
  • Our planet is filled with sound — birdsong, music, speech. Even the earth itself makes noise. That sonic diversity is in danger.
  • What book changed you as a kid? Was it To Kill a Mockingbird? Lord of the Rings? Perhaps a coming-of-age graphic novel or a dense instruction manual on assembling your bike?
  • D.W. Griffith’s 1915 film Birth of a Nation is widely regarded as a landmark of cinema history. It’s also deeply and disturbingly racist. So, why would an avant-garde hip-hop artist want to revive the film and bring it to the attention of a modern audience?
  • Written and directed by Cheryl Dunye, The Watermelon Woman is a classic work of LGBTQ filmmaking.
  • Last Friday, CNN revealed a series of text messages sent between former White House Chief of Staff and Utah Senator Mike Lee. The texts have raised questions about Lee’s involvement in the Trump administration’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
  • People have known the earth is a globe for thousands of years. So, why do some contemporary conspiracy theorists still insist that our planet is flat?
  • 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody sparked protests throughout the country. If this unrest leads to revolution, author Reza Aslan says it would be the fourth time in Iran’s recent history.
  • The Utah housing market has had a wild past few years. But new research from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah reveals that it is (perhaps) worse than we thought: 76% of Utah households can’t afford a median-priced home.
  • People have known the earth is a globe for thousands of years. So, why do some contemporary conspiracy theorists still insist that our planet is flat?
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