Z-library was a database of pirated e-books and scholarly articles operational from 2009 to November 2022. The site was an important resource for many college students.

Identity-building becomes less an exploration of individuality and more a measure of one’s socioeconomic status as self-expression begins to focus solely on the means of material possession.

Whether it comes as a suspicious direct message on Instagram or as a text from a distant high school acquaintance, the script rarely wavers: “Hey, boss babe! I have an opportunity for you.”  Messages...

"Not Okay" examines the addicting, if unpredictable, brevity of fame found online. Directed by Quinn Shephard, the film premiered on Hulu this summer.

Sally Rooney’s 2017 debut novel — and arguably her best — “Conversations with Friends” gets the limited series treatment in Hulu’s adaptation, which premiered on the platform May 15.  “Conversations...

Fans took to Twitter to express their disappointment in the musical artist Doja Cat. But the singer later revealed her own struggles with public pressure. This work features "Doja Cat 2020 Vogue Taiwan...

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Chinese American athletes like San Francisco native Eileen Gu were either winners or traitors.   A chorus of adverse U.S. voices deemed Gu, an 18-year-old freestyle...

In her inaugural episode, host Karissa Korman talks about the third and arguably worst installment of the Vanessa Hudgens vehicle, The Princess Switch franchise with her roommate and friend Grace Comer.

On March 16, 2021, a man traveled to three spas in the Atlanta area and shot eight people, six of whom were Asian women: Daoyou Feng, Xiaojie “Emily” Tan, Yong Ae Yue, Soon Chung Park and Suncha Kim...

Bostonians and tourists gathered in Chinatown Feb. 13 to witness the Lion Dance Parade. The event included discussions of anti-Asian hate in light of the pandemic.

Musicians Bren Joy and redveil took to the AfterHours stage in the Curry Student Center Feb. 5 for the first night of the Black Music Matters Festival, an event organized by Northeastern Council for University...

Hollywood newcomer Alana Haim is the saving grace of acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-anticipated “Licorice Pizza,” which premiered in theatres Dec. 25. As Hollywood braces itself for...

With nominee voting underway at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as of Thursday, Jan. 27, all eyes are on the 94th Academy Awards ceremony set to take place March 27.  The Critics’...

The third and final act of Marvel Studios’ web-slinging superhero series, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the picture of Marvel at its best.  Fresh off Disney and Sony Pictures’ custody battle...

Content warning: Discussion of suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. “Spencer” is a fraught 1990s family Christmas film, a love story of maternal devotion, a ghost story set in haunted houses...

On Friday, Nov. 19, and Saturday, Nov. 20, eager theatregoers filed into Blackman Auditorium for NU Stage Musical Theater Company’s rendition of “Into the Woods.” NU Stage is Northeastern University’s...

The perfect soundtrack to long solo walks beneath Boston’s overcast sky, dodging leaf-strewn puddles and uneven cobblestone sidewalks, will land on Spotify this fall.  Shorter days and sub-60 degree...

Although it marks the beginning of the annual television season, the Emmys arrives as another installment in this year’s long procession of awards programs that have failed to acknowledge non-white talent...

“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” opened in theaters Sept. 3 to a flood of moviegoers, many of whom were stepping foot into a theatre for the first time in over a year. The 25th installation...