To call Sudan Archives "impressive" is accurate, but also a massive understatement. Born Brittney Parks, the self-taught violinist and vocalist controls nearly every facet of her burgeoning career: she writes, plays, and produces her own music, which draws inspiration from the rich sounds of African fiddles and is steeped in R&B-tinged electronic beats. Sudan Archives's debut self-titled EP, released in July 2017, boasts six tracks that I have found myself describing to others as "highly swayable." Her vocals are airy yet powerful — especially in the fierce "Wake Up" and the sultry and uplifting "Come Meh Way." Lyrics like "I just can't escape, I get blown away / When you come meh way, when you come meh way" border on ecclesiastical. Perhaps the best part is that at just 24 years old, she is only getting started. Sudan Archives answers the phone the same way your childhood best friend did: giggly and excited and happy to hear from you, even though it's been 10 minutes..

In the hours following the devastating shooting at a Florida high school — which took the lives of at least 17 people and marks the 18th school shooting in 2018, for which we've only had 45 days so far (that's a shooting every two and a half days, or one every 60 hours) — I watched dozens of news clips to try to piece together what happened. Nearly every video I clicked on was generally the same. A stoic, resigned newscaster explained what happened while footage played of students fleeing the campus. Arial shots of SWAT team members circling the building and officers putting the alleged shooter into the back of a police car. Then, nearly every reporter announced that there was a video filmed from inside a classroom during the active shooting. A video taken by a student who posted it to Snapchat. A rare glimpse at what it was really like inside. Before playing this video, they all — every single one of those reporters, anchors, and newscasters — warned viewers of the graphi..

From the outside looking in, the path to success in the literary world often seems to be signposted with educational milestones and well-placed contacts. Yrsa Daley-Ward's story is different, and that's just one reason it's so inspiring. The 20-something author of the acclaimed poetry collection Bone hasn't had the most conventional journey to becoming a literary darling. Daley-Ward was born in London to a Jamaican mother and Nigerian father, and she didn't have the easiest childhood; she was raised by her grandparents in a small town in the north of England. And she made a conscious decision not to go to college. Her mother's response: "You're wasting your brain." But Daley-Ward knew her path was heading in a creative direction, even if she didn't know exactly what that meant. "I did well at school, but that's not how I relate," she says. Although she had been writing from an early age and even wrote a novel at age 18, she wasn't sur..

With conversations about sexual harassment and women's rights continuing to dominate the public discourse, time may officially be up for Harvey Weinstein: New York state is suing him for sexual harassment and misconduct. As Reuters reports, the state has sued Weinstein and his company in advance of a potential sale of the business. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman noted the legal actions because Weinstein and company "failed to protect employees" and because a sale of the company must "ensure that victims will be compensated, employees will be protected going forward, and that neither perpetrators nor enablers will be unjustly enriched." The lawsuit is, effectively, a giant nail in the Weinstein coffin — one which has been hammered in for months by actresses like Kate Beckinsale and Asia Argento and Uma Thurman. The suit will not only place a large general fine on Weinstein, but also require the payment of "restitution and damages to the victims." The Weinstein Co.&#..