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Topic: The Conversation (page 74)

28 October 2019, US, New York: In the Bronx district of New York, a staircase leads up between two blocks of houses. It connects Shakespeare Avenue with the higher Anderson Avenue - and doesn't look particularly conspicuous at first glance. But since exactly this staircase became the scene of a central scene in the Hollywood movie "Joker", which is currently running successfully in cinemas worldwide, more and more onlookers and tourists are coming there. (Photo by Christina Horsten/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Tourists flock to "Joker Stairs"

Laura M. Holzman - The Conversation
(Getty Images)

Is meat manly? How food became gendered

Paul Freedman - The Conversation
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Arrival of a planetary fire age?

Stephen Pyne - The Conversation
A US armoured vehicle drives past members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), during a patrol of the Syrian northeastern town of Qahtaniyah at the border with Turkey, on October 31, 2019. - US forces accompanied by Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrolled part of Syria's border with Turkey, in the first such move since Washington withdrew troops from the area earlier this month, an AFP correspondent reported. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images) (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)

Could Congress reverse Syria decision?

Sarah Burns - The Conversation
(Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Avoiding in the news in 2019

María Celeste Wagner, Pablo J. Boczkowski - The Conversation
(Ivan Pisarenko/AFP via Getty Images)

Defend farmers or protect corporations?

Karine Eliane Peschard - The Conversation
In this Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, file photo, a Wall Street street sign is framed by an American flag hanging on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Troubles below the surface

Andreas Kern - The Conversation
People protest the Muslim travel ban outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 26, 2018. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's travel ban, two years later

Vahid Niayesh - The Conversation
A view of the Mississippi State Capitol on April 5, 2018 in Jackson, Mississippi. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) (Brendan Mialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Judge won't block Jim Crow-era rules

Gideon Cohn-Postar - The Conversation
Betsy DeVos (AP/Susan Walsh)

Betsy DeVos’s formula for success

Bryan Alexander - The Conversation
(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Halloween spending is out of control

Jay L. Zagorsky - The Conversation
Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks about her work and gender equality at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A millionaire prize for RBG

Steven Lubet - The Conversation
FILE - In this March 14, 2019, file photo students walk on the Stanford University campus in Stanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

How community college can open doors

Justin Ortagus, Xiaodan Hu - The Conversation
(Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images)

Confusion at the fish counter

Jenny Weitzman - The Conversation
FILE - In this file photo taken July 16, 2014, Christian Oggenfuss stands near solar panels on top of the living roof at the Odette Estate winery in Napa, Calif. A new estimate from the U.S. government shows that California met about half of the state's electricity demand for three hours on March 11, 2017--the state's goal is for 50 percent of all electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) (AP)

Sun sets on US green economy leadership

Lucien Georgeson, Mark Maslin - The Conversation
A Green Crowned Brilliant is pictured at a Hummingbird feeding station on January 15, 2016 in Alajuela, Costa Rica. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

How many genes do you really need?

Jessica M. Velez, Alison Gerken, Amey Redkar - The Conversation
Hong Kong supporters protest outside Staples Center ahead of the Lakers vs Clippers NBA season opener in Los Angeles on October 22, 2019. - Activists handed out free T-shirts displaying support for the Hong Kong protests after an NBA fan in Northern California raised enough money to pay for more than 10,000 shirts, according to the organizer who goes by the pseudonym "Sun Lared" as LeBron James of the Lakers suffers the brunt of people's anger after comments he made in response to the tweet from Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey in support of Hong Kong protesters, and drawing the ire of the Chinese Communist Pary. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

Blayne Haggart, Vinu Selvaratnam
US President Donald Trump speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

The history of US investment in Ukraine

Matthew Pauly - The Conversation
A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 31: Revelers make their way along Sixth Avenue during the 43rd annual Village Halloween Parade, October 31, 2016 in New York City. Thousands of people are expected to attend as the parade travels up Sixth Avenue through the West Village. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

America’s most dangerous holiday?

W. Scott Poole - The Conversation
(Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Not all candy is candy—for tax purposes

Hayes Holderness - The Conversation
(Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

From unicorn darling to cautionary tale

Greg Putnam - The Conversation
David Lynch (Getty/Frederick M. Brown)

David Lynch’s vision of modern America

Billy J. Stratton - The Conversation

Teachers face strict moral demands

Kyle Greenwalt - The Conversation
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