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Jefferson Hall as Jason Lannister in "House of the Dragon" (Photo Courtesy of HBO)

The Lannisters long before they had game

Melanie McFarland
Members of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American Labor Union, proudly display their banner at a 1955 ceremony celebrating the organization's 30th anniversary. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

5 movies about our rich labor history

Peter Dreier - The Conversation
Singer Cindy Wilson, Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider of the American band The B-52s performs live on stage during a concert at Zitadelle Spandau on June 27, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. (Gina Wetzler/Redferns/Getty Images)

Before the B-52s' final dance party

Leigh Carriage - The Conversation
Couple arguing over remote control (Getty Images/Zero Creatives)

Cable news – not social media – divides

Hona Hosseinmardi - The Conversation
American tennis player John McEnroe during the final at Benson & Hedges Championships, Wembley Arena, London, UK, 16th November 1981. (Hilaria McCarthy/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

"McEnroe" probes tennis' complex bad boy

Kaitlin Thomas
Emily Carey and Paddy Considine in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton / HBO)

All is not right with "Dragon's" Alicent

Alison Stine
Ted Sutherland as Nick and Sadie Sink as Ziggy in "Fear Street Part 2: 1978" (Netflix)

R.L. Stine: Fear Street "loosened me up"

Alison Stine
Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova in "Bodies Bodies Bodies" (A24 / Erik Chakeen)

When Wi-Fi goes out, the demons come in

Chauncey DeVega
Edward Buckles Jr., director of "Katrina Babies." (HBO)

How are the babies of Hurricane Katrina?

D. Watkins
Nikolaus Wostry, head of Film Collections of Filmmarchiv Austria, shows the movie The City Without Jews (Die Stadt Ohne Juden) at Filmarchive Austria in Laxenburg on November 15, 2016. (JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Authors attacked like Salman Rushdie

Jonathan Bate - The Conversation
Frustrated Couple (Getty Images/gpointstudio)

Can women be saved from bad sex?

Amanda Marcotte
Roger Waters performing live onstage on In The Flesh ('Animals' album) tour at New Bingley Hall, Stafford (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)

How Stoicism influenced Pink Floyd

Melinda Latour - The Conversation
Jane Fonda attends Women in Film's Annual Award Ceremony at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on October 06, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Jane Fonda battles cancer

Kelly McClure
Armie Hammer attends the 'Free Fire' Closing Night Gala screening during the 60th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on October 16, 2016 in London, England. (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for BFI)

The "sick and twisted" Hammer legacy

Joy Saha
Speech Bubbles (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Don't tell me my accent doesn't exist

D. Watkins
Morfydd Clark (Galadriel) in "The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power" (Ben Rothstein/Prime Video)

Bypass Westeros and head to Middle-earth

Melanie McFarland
Musician Micky Dolenz of The Monkees performs on stage at The Magnolia on September 18, 2021 in El Cajon, California. (Daniel Knighton/Getty Images)

The Monkees v. the FBI

Alison Stine
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 'Long After Dark' tour, 7 December 1982 Wembley Arena. (Solomon N’Jie/Getty Images)

Tom Petty's lessons on darkness

Megan Volpert
Alison Brie (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Alison Brie on filmmaking & "Community"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Amber Midthunder attends the "Prey" UK Gala Event at Vue West End on July 26, 2022 in London, England. (Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty Images)

Amber Midthunder always slays

Hanh Nguyen
Domhnall Gleeson as Sam Fortner and Steve Carell as Alan Strauss in "The Patient" (Suzanne Tenner/FX)

The Patient star on a killer in therapy

Melanie McFarland
Daniel Scott-Smith as Craghas Crabfeeder in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton/HBO)

Who is House of the Dragon's Crabfeeder?

WIC Staff - Winter is Coming
Winona Ryder and Gary Oldman kiss in a scene from the film 'Dracula', 1992. (Columbia Pictures/Getty Images)

The queer horror of "Dracula"

Dalton Valette
Paddy Considine as Viserys Targaryen, Nova Mosé-Foueillis as Laena Velaryon in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton/HBO)

How old is Laena in House of the Dragon?

Natalie Zamora - Winter is Coming
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