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Monday, March 28, 2022

In today’s newsletter, caregivers get a bear out of Ukraine; concerns rise that war may lead to famine; a female Renaissance superstar ... and a new Cold War?

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The director of an Oscar-winning movie on a nearly forgotten lineup of soul and R&B concerts during the civil rights era says his documentary is his first step in creating films on neglected areas of American history.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the director of Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), says he has another half-dozen film projects upcoming that will plumb the past for joyful—yet hidden—Black moments. Other filmmakers are discovering other footage.

Like the long-hidden footage of Summer’s extraordinary series of concerts in Harlem (The 5th Dimension, pictured above) the projects are “revealing things that have been hiding in plain sight,” Thompson told Nat Geo's Debra Adams Simmons and David Beard before last night’s Academy Awards. “I can’t wait to get my hands on them so that I can restore history.”

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STORIES WE’RE FOLLOWING

What was the Cold War—and are we headed to another one?

The bear that was rescued from Ukraine

Why Ramadan is the most sacred month in Islamic culture

Madeleine Albright was the first ‘most powerful woman’ in U.S. history

For the first time, wild dolphin observed ‘talking’ with harbor porpoises

The deceptively simple plan to replenish California’s groundwater

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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Rippling effects: Ukraine, known as the breadbasket of the world, has become an agricultural powerhouse for the developing world in the last decade. However, Russia’s recent invasion of the country could push the world into food shortages as experts fear a short supply and inflated prices for key commodities like wheat and fertilizer, Nat Geo reports. Farmers like Spanish shepherd Cristobal Jesus Calle Lopez (pictured above) already are beginning to feel the pinch.

PHOTO OF THE DAY

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Ready to compete: Our Photo of the Day archival feature recently included this image from our October 1942 issue of young women lining up to compete in an athletic competition in São Paulo, Brazil. Glimpse other archival images here.

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IN A FEW WORDS

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What you see of military life on the news are the battles, the post-traumatic stress, and a lot of homecomings. But a homecoming is just a snapshot ... . The reality is that we’re moving every two or three years, raising children alone during deployments, and living away from our families and friends.

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From: A military spouse reflects on life over two decades of war—and what comes next

LAST GLIMPSE

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Beyond the Renaissance dudes: Sure, Michelangelo or Leonardo get all the glory—and even have kids superheroes named them—but the giants were dazzled by the painting of Sofonisba Anguissola. She became one of Europe’s most brilliant court painters, inspiring a later generation of artists, including Anthony Van Dyck and Caravaggio, Nat Geo’s History magazine reports.

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