Jean-Marc Vallée, director of 'Dallas Buyers Club' and 'Big Little Lies,' dies at 58
The director, born in Montreal, was known for his naturalistic approach to filmmaking and for working with strong female leads.
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E.O. Wilson, famed entomologist and pioneer in the field of sociobiology, dies at 92
The influential and sometimes controversial Harvard professor first made his name studying ants. He later broadened his scope to the intersection between human behavior and genetics.
The lawyer who successfully argued Roe v. Wade has died at 76
Sarah Weddington was 26 years old when she successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court. She died in her sleep Sunday at her home in Austin, Texas.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who helped end South Africa's apartheid, dies at 90
NPR's A Martinez talks to Rev. Michael Battle, director of the Desmond Tutu Center at General Theological Seminary in New York, about Tutu's legacy. The Nobel Peace Prize winner died over the weekend.
News brief: omicron surge, travelers face flight cancellations, Desmond Tutu dies
The U.S. is in another COVID surge, due to the omicron variant. Holiday travelers find hundreds of flights are canceled. South Africa begins a week of mourning for the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Sarah Weddington, the lawyer who at 26 successfully argued Roe v. Wade, has died
Weddington argued the case before the high court twice, in December 1971 and again in October 1972, resulting the next year in the 7-2 ruling that legalized abortion. She died Sunday at age 76.
Remembering the legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Journalist Kate Bartlett speaks with Elissa Nadworny about what Desmond Tutu meant to the people of South Africa and the fight for social justice more broadly.
Desmond Tutu, an icon who helped end apartheid in South Africa, dies at 90
The Nobel Peace laureate and archbishop emeritus campaigned against a system he called evil and, after apartheid, helped the nation heal as head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Desmond Tutu's laugh was contagious. His fight for freedom was deadly serious
Desmond Tutu will be remembered for helping end apartheid. But also for his memorable laugh, an infectious, cackling howl employed in the service of easing tensions in a very tense nation.
Cape Town local remembers Archbishop Desmond Tutu
In his hometown of Cape Town, South Africans mourn Archbishop Desmond Tutu.