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Carrie Underwood Helps Launch Initiative To Support Military Families

Carnival Cruise Line has announced a new initiative designed to support U.S. military families alongside seven-time GRAMMY-award winning superstar Carrie Underwood and repr...

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Human Rights

Ending Child Marriage

Sharon J.’s marriage at age 14 in Tanzania dashed her hopes for the future: “My dream was to study to be a journalist. Until today, when I watch news or listen ...

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Festivals

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’ To Open Ebertfest 2016

Guillermo Del Toro‘s “Crimson Peak” will open the 18th AnnualRoger Ebert‘s Film Festival, also known as Ebertfest, hosted by Chaz Ebert. Guillermo D...

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Gender

Woman Can Be ‘Karta' Of A Family: Delhi High Court Gives Landmark Judgement

Every time someone mentions 'karta' in the context of an Indian family, you immediately think of a male member. That just changed in a landmark ruling by the Delhi High cou...

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Human Rights

World Report 2016: ‘Politics Of Fear’ Threatens Rights

In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his introductory essay, Executive Direc...

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Independent

Film Independent Announces A More Diverse List Of Nominees For The 2016 Spirit Awards

The 2016 awards will take place in Santa Monica on Saturday, February 27, 2016, and this year 44 films with budgets under $20 million have been nominated in a number of dif...

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Gender

Indian Women Seeking Jobs Confront Taboos and Threats

On a humid, sweaty, honking afternoon last summer, two women were making their way through the court complex in the north Indian city of Meerut, searching for the office of...

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Human Rights

What Data Can Do to Fight Poverty

IF social scientists and policy makers have learned anything about how to help the world’s poorest people, it’s not to trust our intuitions or anecdotal evidenc...

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Festivals

Stanley Film Festival Splits With Dfs; Gives Up The Ghost For 2016 Fest

Is the Stanley Hotel giving up the ghost on its film festival? For the past three years, the haunted landmark raised cinematic spirits with the Stanley Film Festival. But t...

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Independent

Future Tense: Sifting Through The Patterns Of VR Storytelling At Sundance

Back in 2007, Sundance Film Festival launched New Frontier, a new iteration of the experimental Frontiers section that had been around since 1996. If festival attendees and...

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