What’s up with Russian rap?
By Khalida Sarwari Hip-hop has gone worldwide, Murray Forman proclaims. He should know. A professor of media and screen studies at Northeastern, Forman has dedicated his career …
Category: Selected Clips
Here’s why it took you so long to load the trailer for the new Star Wars movie on YouTube
By Khalida Sarwari All wireless carriers admit to doing it: They slow down internet speed for video streaming, sometimes claiming that it is necessary to do so …
He’s got a label for everything
By Khalida Sarwari At one time or another, you may have wandered through the condiment aisle at Wegmans and, staring at a sea of sauces …
She met a Peruvian midwife, and that changed everything
By Khalida Sarwari In the hospitals of Peru, it is not unusual for a woman to be forced to stay out in the hallway, wearing …
Domestic violence homicides appear to be on the rise. Are guns the reason?
By Khalida Sarwari Since the early 1990s, the number of murders had been steadily dropping. Then in 2015, it jumped up, and it continued escalating …