They Had Just Delivered Tons of Food. Then Their Convoy Was Hit.
Lalzawmi Frankcom’s text message was short and sweet: a heart emoji reply at 10:38 p.m. on Sunday to her friend Josh Phelps, who had sent along photos of their humanitarian…
Yanis Varoufakis: Greece, EU Elections, Palestine & the International Order – JACOBIN Interview with David Broder | naked capitalism
Yves here. In a bit of synchronicity, after giving a very short recap of some key issues in the 2015 Greek bailout negotiations, the then Finance Minister of Greece, Yanis…
Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90
Maryse Condé, a writer from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe whose explorations of race, gender and colonialism across the Francophone world made her a perennial favorite for the Nobel…
John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
John Barth, who, believing that the old literary conventions were exhausted, extended the limits of storytelling with imaginative and intricately woven novels like “The Sot-Weed Factor” and “Giles Goat-Boy,” died…
Opinion | José Andrés: Let People Eat
In the worst conditions you can imagine — after hurricanes, earthquakes, bombs and gunfire — the best of humanity shows up. Not once or twice but always. The seven people…
Opinion | The Appalling Tactics of the ‘Free Palestine’ Movement
Last week, Susanne DeWitt, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor who later became a molecular biologist, spoke before the Berkeley, Calif., City Council to request a Holocaust Remembrance Day proclamation. After taking…
U.S. Intelligence Warning to Moscow Named Specific Target of Attack
The U.S. warning to Russia ahead of a terrorist attack near Moscow was highly specific: Crocus City Hall was a potential target of the Islamic State, according to U.S. officials.…
An English Village Hollowed Out for a Train That May Never Come
For those that can afford them, the large villas at Whitmore Heath offer the tranquillity of the countryside within striking distance of urban centers like Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford, an hour’s…
Frustrated Prosecutors Ask Trump Documents Judge to Act on Key Claim
In an open display of frustration, federal prosecutors on Tuesday night told the judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case that a “fundamentally flawed” order she had…
Mysterious streaks of light in California sky
People across southern California witnessed streaks of light moving across the sky in the early hours of 2 April. It is unclear what caused the light, though people on social…