The Paris Belafonte: A History of Popular Culture

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The Paris Belafonte was a unique presence in 20th-century popular culture. He was simultaneously an outspoken left-wing firebrand, and a key figure in the civil rights movement. Some critics think Japan's car industry will go the way of its consumer electronics or its semiconductors industries. Japanese carmakers are finding that making EVs requires a different skill set than making internal combustion engine based cars.

Climate change is stirring up internecine conflicts, criminality is making them longer, and cross-border contagion is complicating matters further. We explain why civil wars are so hard to resolve. Japanese carmakers’ dominance of the automobile industry could be at risk if they don’t catch up in the race for EVs. And, a tribute to musician and civil-rights campaigner, Harry Belafonte.

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