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A COVID ‘vaccine passport’ may further disadvantage refugees and asylum seekers

Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police?

How the gay party scene short-circuited and became a moneymaking bonanza

Interview with Peregrine Honig

Voters are starting to act like hard-core sports fans – with dangerous repercussions for democracy

How Trump’s language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain

The US Capitol has been stormed before – when British troops burned Washington in 1814

Grammy Awards postponed until March 14

Kim Kardashian & Kanye West reportedly splitting up

Why being stuck at home – and unable to hang out in cafes and bars – drains our creativity

As the pandemic rages, the US could use a little bit more ‘samfundssind’

Trump plan to revive the gallows, electric chair, gas chamber and firing squad recalls a troubled history

How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872 – by infecting horses

How Hanukkah came to be an annual White House celebration

The rise and fall of Tab – after surviving the sweetener scares, the iconic diet soda gets canned