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After fleeing Venice, Antonia Bembo lived near the newly constructed Porte Saint-Denis, a triumphal arch in Paris that’s depicted in this 19th-century painting by Jean Francois Lebelle. Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage

Claire Fontijn, Wellesley College

Due to the vagaries of her music manuscripts and the historical neglect of women composers, Bembo and her opera were overlooked for centuries.
Released prisoners sit in a bus outside Ankara, Turkey – while government critics remain behind bars due to Turkey’s sweeping terror laws. AP

Turkey releasing murderers – but not political opponents – from prison amid coronavirus pandemic

Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University

To stem the spread of COVID-19, Turkey is releasing 90,000 prison inmates. Not on the list for release: tens of thousands of academics, journalists and others the regime sees as political threats.

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