These days, journalist and former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum is a scathing critic of 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. But back in the early 2010s — even before he wrote his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy" — Trump's now-running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), was a blogger for Frum's FrumForum. And in those days, Vance championed a more traditional conservatism and had yet to become the MAGA firebrand he is today. In an article published by Politico on August 13, journalist...

A Harris campaign official said the photo was "not modified by AI in any way." Trump falsely claims Harris' campaign used AI to alter photo of crowd size In a social media post on Sunday, former President Donald Trump falsely accused Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign of using artificial intelligence to fabricate crowds a campaign rally in Michigan last week. The picture referenced by Trump shows a large crowd waiting to see Harris speak at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Aug. 7 A...

Sudan’s brutal civil war has pushed parts of the country into famine, marking the world’s most severe hunger crisis for seven years, according to an independent panel of experts. The ruling that Sudan’s deepening hunger crisis meets the technical definition of a famine is the first time such conditions have been formally declared worldwide since 2017. Analysis by the Famine Review Committee (FRC) of experts found the 15-month long war had pushed parts of north Darfur, particularly the...

When polarization starts to feel like a defining characteristic of humanity, sometimes we need a reminder that people really are capable of coming together as one.Watching a stadium full of Green Day concertgoers bust out their best "Bohemian Rhapsody" when it came over the loudspeakers is just such a reminder.As the person who uploaded the concert footage to Reddit noted: "For almost 6 minutes, the equivalent of a small city sang, with one voice, the beautiful song of a man who has been dead for decades. If you can do this, you're not just a famous person, you're a legend."What could be more palette-cleansing than hearing thousands of people breaking into song together for an entire six minutes? What's more unifying than a piece of music being so beloved and well-known that a whole stadium knows every note and word and sings it in unison with all their heart?via GIPHYAs one commenter on Reddit wrote, "Ever notice how one crowd singing together always sound the same as other crowds, as in has the same tambre [sic] and sound quality? It's like the recognizable and familiar voice of humanity. Regardless of how different the people in the crowd are, the crowd always sounds the same. I think the idea that we are listening to humanity's voice when hearing a crowd sing is a beautiful concept."Listen to the voice of humanity. It's truly a beautiful thing.This article originally appeared on 03.03.20

Chris Porsz was tired of studying sociology. As a university student in the 1970s, he found the talk of economics and statistics completely mind-numbing. So instead, he says, he roamed the streets of his hometown of Peterborough, England, with a camera in hand, snapping pictures of the people he met and listening to their stories. To him, it was a far better way to understand the world.He always looked for the most eccentric people he could find, anyone who stood out from the crowd. Sometimes he'd snap a single picture of that person and walk away. Other times he'd have lengthy conversations with these strangers.But eventually, life moved on and so did he. He fell out of love with photography. "Those pictures collected dust for 25 years," he says.Then, a few years ago, Porsz found those 30- to 40-year-old photos and sent them to be printed in his local newspaper.And remarkably, people started recognizing much younger versions of themselves in his shots. "There was this lightbulb moment," he says of the first time someone wrote to him about one of his photos.Eventually, he became curious about the people he'd photographed all those years ago, and he decided he'd try to find some of them. It wouldn't be easy — the photos were taken a long time ago, and Porsz didn't have names or contact information for many of the people in them.But he did find some of them, sometimes in extraordinary ways. "Some were absolute million-to-one coincidences," he says.Like the time he went out on a call (he's a parademic these days) at 3 a.m., and the man he was there to treat recognized him as the photographer who'd snapped his picture all those years ago. On another call, he asked a local shopkeeper if he recognized any of the subjects in the photos. He did.Once Porsz began posting about the project online — he calls it "Reunions" — it became easier and easier to reconnect with his former subjects.Many were eager to recreate the old shots as best they could, like Layla Gordon, who Porsz originally photographed drinking milk in 1983.Others groups, like these schoolgirls, had fallen out of touch. "Reunions," fittingly enough, brought them back together.Porsz says that his subjects, like this wild-haired couple, were strangers to him 30 years ago. Now he considers many of them friends.In all, Porsz has collected over 130 before-and-afters in his new book.The response to Porsz's work has been more than he ever imagined.He's personally heard from people all over the world who've been inspired by his project and want to try to recreate it themselves. But beyond that, he just hopes it brings a little warmth and happiness to the people who see it."It's important for me for my photography to make people smile," he says. "Because there is so much sadness in the world."And while the project is finished for now, don't count out the possibility of "Reunions Part 2" somewhere down the line."I'd love to meet these guys in 2046 when I'm 94 years old," Porsz says.This article originally appeared on 11.30.16

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