Released in 2025, the first part of Julia Loktev’s monumental documentary project My Undesirable Friends, subtitled Last Air in Moscow, gave us a sprawling, breathless look at a few devastating months in the lives of Russian journalists.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2026
Associated Press journalists waiting at a checkpoint south of the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon saw a convoy of ICRC vehicles heading toward the Naqoura border crossing Friday morning and later return.
Democrats aren’t crafting the kind of bold-faced messaging that excites take-writers this year.
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David Weigel,
semafor.com,
2 Sep. 2026
Their narrators worry about the corruption of their music scenes by news presenters, magazine writers, major-label scouts, and (for Goetz especially) academics.
The referendum campaign has fueled debate about Iceland’s place in the world, Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told reporters after casting her ballot in the capital on Saturday.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
30 Aug. 2026
Khmara made the remarks at his first briefing with reporters since taking the post on Saturday.
The authors specifically pointed to gaps in funding for the Election Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center.
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Jenna McLaughlin,
NPR,
3 Sep. 2026
Our judges include some of today’s most influential creators and thinkers, including award-winning authors Jason Reynolds & Angie Thomas and writer and speaker Bartunde Thurston.
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USA TODAY Network Staff Reports,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2026
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