TIME January 19, 1987 12:00 AM EST When Viktor Berkhin, a reporter for the monthly magazine Soviet Miner, was arrested last July on charges of “hooliganism,” cries of foul came from an unlikely Big Brother. None other than the mighty Pravda, the official Communist Party newspaper, rushed to Berkhin’s defense with two articles setting out the details of his arrest, 14-day detention and the police search of his apartment. Pravda charged that Berkhin’s only crime was that he had done his job too well, riling local authorities by exposing government corruption in a coal-mining region of the Ukraine.

President Joe Biden signed into law on April 24 a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S. if the social media platform’s China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake within a year.  The legislation forces ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, to either sell the video-sharing platform or prohibit it from becoming available in the U.S.  The Senate passed the measure on April 23 with a vote of 79-18 as part of a larger $95 billion foreign aid package that will also send military support to Ukraine, Israel, and other U.

Sarah 'Saatjie' Baartman was born in 1789 to the Khoikhoi tribe in South Africa's Eastern Cape region. Baartman grew up on a colonial farm where her family most probably worked as servants. Her mother died when she was two years old and her father, who was a cattle driver, died when she reached adolescence. At 16, Baartman got pregnant by a Khoikhoi man who was a drummer and they had one child together but the child died shortly after birth.

The movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is structured like an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. Fred Rogers, whose gentle nature Tom Hanks wears as comfortably as his red cardigan, begins by introducing the viewer to a story about his friend, journalist Lloyd Vogel (The Americans’ Matthew Rhys). Scene transitions show toy cities, just like those used on the legendary children’s show, only Lloyd’s story is unfolding in Manhattan, rather than Pittsburgh.

The demand comes in response to what they describe as gross mismanagement and corruption that have crippled Nigeria's oil and gas sector. The Tinubu Legacy Coalition (TLC), a group of prominent APC members, penned a private letter to President Tinubu, urging him to sack Mele Kyari, Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL); Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC); and Farouk Ahmed, Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).

Courtesy of HBO HBO’s “True Detective” franchise had been off the air for five years, since its third season concluded in 2019. But all of that changed this year under the stewardship of Mexican filmmaker Issa López (“Tigers Are Not Afraid”), when the series came roaring back into the zeitgeist — with “True Detective: Night Country,” led by stars Jodie Foster and Kali Reis.

August 8, 2015 2:21 PM EDT The largest beer distributor in Venezuela is beginning to shut down some its breweries, causing widespread frustration in an already resource-strapped country. Cerveceria Polar, which distributes 80% of Venezuela’s beer, says the lack of barley, hops and other ingredients has forced the shutdown. Other beverages like milk and bottled water have been in short supply for months, but the lack of beer is angering some Venezuelans even more, according to merchants.

Just in time for the Academy Awards on March 10, Oscar-winning classics like Bonnie & Clyde and Out of Africa are coming to Netflix. And for party animals, National Lampoon's Animal House starts streaming on March 1. In terms of Netflix originals, the documentary series Full Swing, all about who's who in golf, is teeing up for a second season debut on March 6, while those craving a quirky comedy can watch for the March 15 release of Chicken Nugget, which is literally about a woman who turns into a chicken nugget.

I’ll never know what it was like to be a working parent in the Before Times. My son was born in October 2020, and I returned to work—remotely—in February 2021. My routine back then was simple: I’d drive six minutes to drop my son off at his San Francisco daycare and then return home to work at my desk in his bedroom. There was no sweating on the bus as I realized that traffic was going to make me late to pick him up.

When body positivity started to become popular on social media in the early 2010s, I was thrilled. As a personal trainer who had recently gained a small following on Instagram, I loved being a part of it. Finally there seemed to be mainstream pushback against the increasingly unrealistic beauty and body ideals that caused so many people to feel unworthy and insecure. It all seemed so brave and radical: people showing off their imperfections, reshaping the narrative around what’s beautiful, and shining a light on the unconscious biases we’re conditioned to hold when it comes to which kind of body indicates that a person is worthy of being visible and happy, and which doesn’t.