Us’s big plot twist, explained

You can be forgiven for being confused at the end of Us. The movie, like creator Jordan Peele’s directorial debut Get Out, is rife with metaphors — only in Us, the allegory is much more ambiguous. That’s partly due to the complicated relationship between the main character, Adelaide, and the mysterious woman, Red, who appears out of her past. (Both women are played by Lupita Nyong’o in an incredible dual performance.)

If you’ve already seen the film then you know there’s a lot more connecting the two women than a mere case of stalking. But you might …

Vox Sentences: Should Harvard profit from photos of slavery?

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Harvard is accused of profiting from images of enslaved people; an explosion at a chemical plant in China turns deadly.


Will a lawsuit force Harvard to reckon with its past?

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  • Tamara Lanier, a Connecticut woman descended from enslaved people, sued Harvard University on Wednesday for profiting off images of her ancestors. The Ivy League school refused to return the pictures