The Fight Over Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is a bedrock of the modern American university. And lately, it seems to be coming under fire from all directions. For many scholars, the biggest danger is at…
Kam Ghaffarian’s Moonshots
Much of the American space program is run out of nondescript offices in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. That’s where Kam Ghaffarian, the billionaire space entrepreneur, could be found on an…
Life Imitates Art as a ‘Master and Margarita’ Movie Stirs Russia
By all appearances, the movie adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s cult favorite novel “The Master and Margarita,” in Russian theaters this winter, shouldn’t be thriving in President Vladimir Putin’s wartime Russia.…
Voters feel better about the economy. Will it help Biden?
“The core issues the Biden coalition cares about are still issues like abortion, like gun safety, like voting rights, like climate change,” says Danielle Deiseroth, executive director at the progressive…
Two police and a medic killed in Minnesota shooting
A lengthy standoff at a family home leaves three first responders dead – as well as the attacker.
Renner returns to the stage at US awards ceremony
The actor appeared at the People’s Choice Awards more than a year after a serious accident.
Assange’s wife says he ‘won’t survive US extradition’
Stella Assange said an emergency injunction could be sought if he loses Tuesday’s court case.
Michael J Fox brings audience to tears at Baftas
The actor, who lives with Parkinson’s disease, got up from his wheelchair to present best film award.
US and UK ambassadors to Russia lay Navalny tributes
Navalny allies said the politician’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, was told his body would only be handed over once a post-mortem examination had been completed, and that the cause of death…
‘Oppenhomies’ Murphy and Downey Jr rule Baftas
Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr and Christopher Nolan all win Bafta Film Awards for Oppenheimer.