Wednesday, August 19 2026
Amandla Stenberg plays Amari in Children of Blood and Bone from Paramount Pictures. | PHOTO CREDIT LEPHATSE MOTSHANA COURTESY OF © 2026 PARAMOUNT PICTURES. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

How A Culturally Fluid Cast and Crew Came to Make ‘Children of Blood and Bone’

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The fantasy film “Children of Blood and Bone” features a cast and crew from a wide, culturally fluid swath of the African diaspora.

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas at Premier of Amazon MGM Studios 'The Bluff' (Photo Credit: © Todd Williamson/JanuaryImages)

PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS ON HER CAREER, CONFIDENCE AND MOTHERHOOD

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While India may be her “home,” culturally fluid actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spent much of her career at the intersection of India and global storytelling.

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Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi at 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup (Photo courtesy England FA)

Expats & Exceptionalism: England’s World Cup Team as an Example of Immigration Patterns

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The FIFA World Cup — men’s and women’s — joins the Olympic Games as arguably the best examples of the positive sides of nationalism and patriotism.

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Lionel Messi bathing a young Lamine Yamal (Photo by Joan Monfort/UNICEF)

A Viral Photo, A Tale of Immigration And 2 Spanish Dual-Nationals Playing Against Each Other

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When two dual-national Spanish citizens face off against each other in the final game of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup, it is the culmination of a narrative that has permeated the entire tournament — a new phenomenon that is not going away, a story of players representing nations that may or may not have been the country of their birth.

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Oprah Winfrey at Cannes Lions 2026 (Photo by John Liang)

OPRAH WINFREY AND HER LESSONS FOR CULTURALLY FLUID PEOPLE

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If you’re creative and culturally fluid — be it an Adult Third Culture Kid or Military BRAT or even just an expat — Oprah Winfrey has some life lessons that could apply to you.

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Visa (Image by Aum Global from Pixabay)

Factors That Can Affect Protection Visa Processing Times

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Protection visa timeframes vary for reasons that sit both within and beyond an applicant’s control.

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'SPIT: A Life in Battles' Interior Cover Art (Image credit: Third State Books)

For Adult Cross-Cultural Kid Jonnie Park, ‘Creators Shouldn’t Be Scared To Be Specific When Telling Their Stories’

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Born in Argentina to Korean parents and smuggled by a coyote across the U.S.-Mexico border when he was 3 years old, Jonnie Park grew up in L.A. amid cultural dislocation, his father’s violent alcoholism and the turbulent protests and riots of the early 1990s.

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Chris Armas Intro Presser (Photo credit: Chandler Brandes/Kansas City Current)

How Chris Armas’ Boricua Upbringing Helped Him Become A Better Soccer Coach

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Chris Armas, the head coach of the Kansas City Current in the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League, had a distinctly cross-cultural upbringing.

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