What I Saw Working at The National Enquirer During Donald Trump’s Rise
On Tuesday, April 4, 2023, I was outside Manhattan criminal court. It was a sunny spring day, and the Secret Service and the Police Department had blocked off the streets…
Biden and Corporate America? It’s ‘Complicated.’
In the hours before delivering his State of the Union speech last month, President Biden called the chief executives of General Motors and Cisco Systems to ask their advice on…
Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph Just Want You to Like Them
Sometimes Maya Rudolph will watch a movie and marvel at how miserable an actor looks. “They’re covered in fake blood and broken glass, and they’re crying the whole time,” she…
When Latin America Became the Seat of Modernity
Lina Bo Bardi, the great Italian-Brazilian architect, liked to say we all invent architecture just by climbing a stair, crossing a room, opening a door or sitting down in a…
How European Soccer Made Peace With Fasting During Ramadan
Youseff Chippo had a secret. A few months into his life as a soccer pro in Europe, Chippo, a Moroccan midfielder, was pushing to prove himself and didn’t want to…
Ugandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday largely upheld a sweeping anti-gay law that President Yoweri Museveni signed last year, undermining the efforts of activists and rights groups to abolish legislation that…
New York Prisoners, Denied a Solar Eclipse Viewing, Sue the State
When the moon crosses in front of the sun on Monday afternoon and, for a few minutes, casts a shadow over much of New York State, millions of people will…
The M.T.A. Wants Marathon Runners to Pay Bridge Tolls, Too
At the start of every New York City Marathon, runners fill the upper and lower tiers of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, an arresting sight that conveys the immensity of the event.…
Psychedelic Rock and Tammy’s Lunch Box: A Small City’s Big Eclipse Plans
There were five cars in the crowded driveway, one for each of the young men in the cramped basement running through their band’s new songs. Their last real gig was…
The New Junta in Niger Tells the United States to Pack Up Its War and Go Home | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by Nick Turse tells the very sorry tale of how US pretenses at counterterrorism in the Sahel not only made matters a lot worse but are…