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Actors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in a scene from Marriage Story. The award-winning 2019 film can be watched with audio description that conveys scenes to viewers who are visually impaired. But Parasite, another popular award-winner, has not included such descriptions.

There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans

Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains.

Takayuki Ueno was set to be a runner in the now postponed Olympic torch relay in Fukushima, Japan. Here he stands in the field where he is growing a flower maze for children to play in Minamisoma, Japan. The field was flooded by the 2011 tsunami and killed Ueno's family members.

Now Postponed, The Olympic Torch Relay Was To Bring Hope To Ravaged Fukushima

The torch relay was supposed to start on Thursday in the Japanese prefecture hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A torch runner recalls the disaster that took his family.

Police officers and visitors wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walk in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Sunday.

South Korea Faces New Spike In COVID-19 After Months Of Low Infection Rates

Officials believe church gatherings in the greater Seoul region are largely responsible for a sudden increase in COVID-19 infections. South Korea had been praised for its control of the virus.

Men use tablets and laptops to check news over wifi at a coffee shop in Hanoi in 2014. Today almost half of Vietnam's population of over 95 million have access to Internet. A new and controversial cybersecurity law goes into effect nationwide Jan. 1, 2019.

To The Dismay Of Free Speech Advocates, Vietnam Rolls Out Controversial Cyber Law

The law requires internet companies to store locals' data in Vietnam and hand over user information if the government asks for it, among other contentious provisions.

EU antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, pictured last summer, announced a fine against Google over the way it ranks shopping services in its search results.

Google Hit With $2.7 Billion Fine By European Antitrust Monitor

The European Commission says Google "abused its market dominance as a search engine by promoting its own comparison shopping service in its search results, and demoting those of competitors."

This Economic Theory Could Be Used To Pay For The Green New Deal

Liberal Democrats have embraced an obscure brand of economics — "modern monetary theory" — to make the case for deficit-financed government programs like the Green New Deal for clean energy and jobs.

'The Computer Got It Wrong': How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man

Robert Williams says his driver's license photo was incorrectly matched with a wanted suspect. He was arrested and detained. Though the case was dropped, Williams says its effect is lasting.

President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron aired their differences on the sidelines of a NATO leaders' summit in London.

From NATO Critic To Defender, Trump Calls Macron's Comments 'Nasty'

When he was running for president, Trump said NATO was "obsolete." But now, with the French president accusing the alliance of experiencing "brain death," Trump is pushing back.

The choir at Meadowridge Baptist church in Fort Worth, Texas, performs at a worship service in October 2019.

Multiracial Congregations May Not Bridge Racial Divide

The number of multiracial churches is growing in the United States, but the leaders of color who work in them still see attitudes of white supremacy.

Aerial view of Avalon Bay, Catalina Island, California

The Forgotten Occupation Of Catalina Island

In August 1972, a Chicano activist group called the Brown Berets camped out on Catalina Island for three weeks, demanding that undeveloped land be turned into housing.

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