If high school is a popularity contest — the mistaken-priorities assumption that drives writer-director Amy Wang’s ...

It’s clear to her that beauty and acceptance are intimately tied with whiteness. There are other clever moments Wang interlopes to indicate Joan’s shame about her culture, such as her insistence on ...

From the moment 8-year-old Joan arrives in the U.S. (played by Kristen Cui at that point), she’s confronted with signs of what the locals consider to be desirable: billboards with blond ...

American Kristen Santos-Griswold sat out Saturday’s races at the World Short Track Speed Skating Championships to rest after colliding with another skater in a relay on Friday. Santos-Griswold ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...