Stream It Or Skip It?

[ Hip-Hop and The White House (now streaming on Hulu) is the first documentary from &360, an anthology series produced by Andscape, the rebranded identity of ESPN and Disney’s The Undefeated. Written and directed by Jesse Washington, the documentary traces the history of hip-hop as the art form celebrates its 50th anniversary, and specifically how … Read more

Biden & Trump Urged To Commit To Presidential Debates By Networks

[ Is 2024 about to become the new 1972? Richard Nixon and George McGovern’s battle for the White House 52 years ago was the last time the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates did not directly debate. With President Joe Biden refusing to say whether or not he will get on a stage with Donald Trump … Read more

LGBTQ Activist, Who Pressed And Persuaded Ronald Reagan And Bill Clinton On Civil Rights, Was 77

[ David Mixner, the activist and political strategist who lobbied and protested political figures in the movement for LGBTQ equality, died on Monday. He was 77. Mixner suffered from complications from long Covid, a friend, Steven Guy, told The New York Times. Mixner also was a playwright, having recounted his decades of activism in a … Read more

Please, America — for our sake and for yours, don’t let your allies down

[ Last week, the U.S. Senate voted in solidarity with Ukraine and other democracies threatened by authoritarian tyranny. Eighty years after the U.S. and Allied armies liberated Nazi-occupied Europe in World War II, history is again challenging freedom-loving nations. What will history write of this new conflict between democracies and authoritarians? Will history be as … Read more