"After World War II, prompted by the Allies, Germany underwent an intense de-Nazification program. Not so Italy — there was no equivalent de-fascistization. The country is still filled with buildings and street names that evoke its 20-year dictatorship." - NPR
First, watch In the Heights in high school. Linedy Genao: "I was like, ‘They said Dominican Republic on Broadway! I didn’t know that was allowed!’"- The New York Times
Facebook, sadly, "is following the trajectory of the airline industry writ large. It is a once-revolutionary service that, over time, has transformed into something more soul-sucking." - The Atlantic
OK? The American Theatre Wing "decided to announce the award recipients in advance to allow the evening to focus on a celebration of theater’s resilience. Acceptance speeches are being posted on the Wing’s YouTube channel." - The New York Times
"Watching the crowds cry, or clap, or tap their feet, it’s impossible not to wonder how many of those train travellers – or the audience at home – are seeing something that looks like fun, something that they could have a go at." - The Guardian (UK)
Not a real surprise, and yet, "Cast your mind’s eye behind Spotify’s X voice and you will find only the void—a vast jumble of machine-learning metrics and carefully calculated curation that tells you what it thinks you want to hear." - Wired
It's a thorny question after years of occupations and wars. That, "combined with the systematic repression of the Ukrainian language and Ukrainian culture has made some Ukrainians ambivalent about fully embracing the many writers from Ukraine who are not ethnic Ukrainians." - The Millions
Frustrated with Newark's ongoing water crisis, Wille Cole and his communities take the city's resulting trash and try to create something better. "It’s not always easy to 'open up perception' and see familiar objects in a fresh way, Cole says." - The New York Times
"Among Indian audiences, there is a deep divide between those who applaud that the rest of the world is waking up to his brilliance and those who are horrified that a 'dubba' — or hollow film — is being lauded." - Variety
Basically, there are too many streaming services involved. "Warner Bros. Discovery claims that Paramount Global 'embarked on a multi-year scheme to unfairly take advantage of Warner/HBO.'" - Vulture
When editors said they couldn't find Black photographers during the George Floyd protests, journalist and photographer Polly Irungu transformed her social media and networking skills into a lifeline for hundreds of other Black photographers. - HuffPost
"Bosson received five Emmy Award nominations in as many years for her supporting role, as she portrayed a character who reinvents herself to help crime victims and takes on a cheeky confidence with signature sentence-starters such as 'Hey, buster.'" - Washington Post
This is a twist. "The Archer City store was the last remaining shopfront, and had become a pilgrimage of sorts for devotees of McMurtry’s Westerns." Gaines was spotted carrying boxes of books out of the store, the inventory of which has now gone all-online. - LitHub
