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Spanish flu face mask: A century's crusade against a pandemic

During one of the deadliest pandemics in human history - The Spanish Influenza, the then San Francisco Mayor singed The Mask Ordinance - the first order requiring the wearing of face masks in public ...
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SCOTUStoday: Trump v. the Fed

Six years ago today, the court announced that it was postponing its March argument session in response to the COVID-19 ...

‘The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel’ Review: A Blistering Portrait of the Band’s Early Years Melts Into an Overdone Lament

It's a definitive look at how three L.A. delinquents forged a new brute funk sound. But Hillel Slovak's tragedy shouldn't have taken the film over.
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The Syrian Uprising Began 15 Years Ago. Then Came the Regime’s Deadly Crackdown.

The Regime,’ a 2011 documentary on the Assad regime’s rise and its brutal crackdown on Arab Spring protesters, is now streaming on YouTube for the first time.

‘Atlas of Disappearance’ Director on Confronting the Decades-Long Silence on Forced Vanishings During Spain’s Franco Regime

Manuel Correa discusses using cutting-edge technology in his eight-year work on the doc, debuting at Copenhagen's CPH:DOX, and how "modes of repression" are also becoming increasingly sophisticated.