Quincey Tickner

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The nominees for the 91st annual Academy Awards were announced on Tuesday, Jan. 22, which gives you a month to catch up on all eight of the films nominated for best picture before the big night on Feb. 24.

Diversity is important—in schools, in the workplace, and in language. But not much thought is given to this critical topic in the linguistic context.

Former president Barack Obama returned to the political spotlight today (Sept. 7) while delivering his most aggressive rebuke yet of President Trump. His comments came during a speech at the University of Illinois where he received an award for ethics in government.

Right now, the internet is overflowing with gift guides—daunting to navigate in these frantic days of holiday shopping. To make life a little easier, we put all our Quartz and Quartzy 2017 gift guides in one place: right here.

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Around 1am last Sunday night, the smell of smoke woke Preston Raisin. He got out of bed, walked around to check on his kids, and made sure his house wasn’t on fire.

It was 11:30 at night on Sunday (Oct. 8) when Carol Dean first saw the flames flickering over a hill near her Santa Rosa home.

OJ Simpson is to appear today (July 20) before a Nevada parole board that will decide whether he will be released from prison.

Dr. Dre’s musical genius came straight out of Compton’s car culture.