Reviews, interviews, essays, and reporting on Black culture and the people making it.
When the Sundance Film Festival begins in Boulder, Colorado, on Jan. 21, 2027 , tens of thousands of filmmakers and moviegoers will descend on the city.
The Conversation / 5 min read / 1 links
Environmental features and geography may be a better predictor of homicides in Latin America than the prevalence of organized crime gangs. That’s what we found in a recent study that analyzed homicide patterns across Colombian municipalities between 2010 and 2020. As researchers in place-based criminology, we were interested in understanding whether the locations where violence occurs matter more than the prevalence of organized crime groups operating within them. So we compared violence levels against the prevalence or proximity of certain environmental and geographical factors, including co…
The Conversation / 5 min read
Current therapies for Parkinson’s disease and related conditions primarily treat symptoms but don’t stop the underlying process causing the disease.
The Conversation / 5 min read