Iggy Azalea This article is more than 8 years oldLGBT festival faces backlash over Iggy Azalea headline slotThis article is more than 8 years oldProtesters have criticised Pittsburgh Pride for booking Azalea, claiming she has a history of posting racist and homophobic messages online Organisers of a music festival in Pittsburgh have been forced to defend their decision to book Iggy Azalea following a backlash from protesters. The Australian rapper is due to headline Pittsburgh Pridefest on 13 June, a decision that has proved controversial with LGBT activists who claim the rapper has made racist and homophobic comments online in the past.

Brooklyn College students rally in support of Palestinians on campus in New York on 12 October 2023. Photograph: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesBrooklyn College students rally in support of Palestinians on campus in New York on 12 October 2023. Photograph: Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesNew YorkArab and Muslim students decry lack of leadership on Islamophobia at City University of New York On the morning of 12 October, a crowd of about 100 members of the Brooklyn College chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine and neighborhood residents gathered outside the school’s campus for a rally in support of the Palestinian people.

StageReviewSadler’s Wells, London Tender, brutal and humorous, the choreographer’s 1978 piece about gender wars and sexual mores still feels acutely contemporary It was 40 years ago that choreographer Pina Bausch first brought Kontakthof to London (it was made in 1978) and yet its subject matter hasn’t aged a bit. Its themes centre on the endless miseries of mating, gender wars and sexual mores as well as the irritations, humiliations and pain we inflict on each other in our struggle to connect and make physical contact.

FictionReviewA decade after wining the Pulitzer prize, the Australian-American author has retold the story of history’s most famous harpist and warrior king In 2005, Geraldine Brooks’s son began learning the harp. Neither of them then realised his decision would inspire the Pulitzer-winning author to pick up the Bible and read again of history’s most famous harpist and singular warrior king, David. Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks - reviewRead moreIn her latest historical novel, The Secret Chord, Brooks has chosen Natan the prophet to narrate David’s tale.

As one attorney whose client was taken to Homan Square said: ‘Operating a massive, warehouse between two crime-filled areas ... the demographics that surround it speak for themselves.’ Video by Philipp Batta and Mae Ryan GuardianHoman Square This article is more than 8 years oldHoman Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 peopleThis article is more than 8 years oldExclusive: Guardian lawsuit exposes fullest scale yet of detentions at off-the-books interrogation warehouse, while attorneys describe find-your-client chase across Chicago as ‘something from a Bond movie’