Fred Lapides

May 10, 2026

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

<P>The first exhibition to consider photography’s impact on a cultural and aesthetic movement that celebrated Black history, identity, and beauty. Source: Photography and the Black […]

Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985

The method in Iran’s madness? Closure of Strait of Hormuz echoes a centuries-old Danish play − and is a tragedy for the world order

book review created with AI: book review of Prophet Song by Paul Lynch,

Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works

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Two much-hyped TV dramas are currently exploring the life of an OnlyFans model. Here’s what it’s really like

A Journey Through Trump’s Bizarre Statue Garden of American Heroes

Chinese authorities and Shen Yun

10 Disturbing Psychological Experiments That Were Actually Conducted, And I Swear, These Are What Nightmares Are Made Of

So your new ‘co-worker’ is an AI agent – here’s how to make the best of your human-machine relationship

summary: The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge:

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A Dangerous New Attack on Press Freedom

Lusitania Torpedoed: How One Attack Altered History

summary: Jim Windolf’s Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other—and the World is a dual biography and critical history of a two-way artistic relationship:

20 Caving Photos That Aren’t For The Weakhearted

From Victorian portraits through Nazi archives to NYC in the 70s: these photo works just earned major recognition

summary: Safe Passage by Evelyn Iritani recounts a little-known WWII episode: the 1942 and 1943 exchanges of American civilians held in Asia for Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans from U.S. camps and Latin America

Scientists discover a new way to prevent gum disease without killing good bacteria

Asian mothers, bad feelings: notes on an all-conquering stereotype

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