J. Michelle Childs had recently moved with her mother to Columbia, S.C., in 1980 when the 14-year-old got the news about her father, who had stayed behind in violence-scarred Detroit…
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The pro-Russia politician had a lot to tell The Daily Beast about his newfound fame and his feelings about America. KYIV—Yevheniy Murayev seems almost thankful that British intelligence outed him…
Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist you should know.…
Brian Tilbrook’s first Hong Kong art show was in the 1960s. As he puts the finishing touches to works for a new one, he reflects on a lucky life spent…
Joan Didion’s sharp words about the ‘national unity’ discourse spawned by the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. echo in the peace-and-security discourse Israeli policy makers are creating In an article…
Following an outcry, the European Union and the United Nations froze funding for a project commemorating an Albanian Nazi collaborator in Kosovo. Xhafer Deva was the interior minister of Albania’s…
Over 100 students at a West Virginia public high school staged a walkout Wednesday to protest what they said was their forced attendance at a Christian prayer assembly during the…
A British soccer team that had previously defended its fans’ self-designation as “yids” has for the first time asked they stop. Tottenham Hotspur, a prominent London team with a sizable…
The elite tradition is to send children away at a young age to be educated. But future politicians who suffer this 'privileged abandonment' often turn out as bullies or bumblers.…