Best Albums of 2024: Charli XCX, Mk.gee, MJ Lenderman and More
By the end of 2024, “Brat” had become an aesthetic, an ethos, a meme, a paint swatch, a lifestyle, a losing presidential campaign strategy, a “Saturday Night Live” punchline, a…
For Families of Transgender Children, Tennessee’s Ban Forces Hard Choices
The first families left as soon as they could, emptying homes and pulling out of school after Tennessee banned gender-transition care for their children. Others chose to remain, cutting back…
What Trump’s Cabinet Picks Say About Climate Change
Credit…Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Lee Zeldin, Environmental Protection Agency The Biden administration has used the E.P.A. to advance its climate agenda, limiting emissions from automobiles, power plants and…
Pete Buttigieg on Airlines, Passenger Protections and Travel Advice
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has been at the helm of the nation’s transportation infrastructure — including its aviation system — during a tumultuous four years. In 2021, his first…
Writers Silenced by Stalin Get New Life Amid War in Ukraine
In Ukraine, they are known as the “Executed Renaissance,” pioneering literary artists whose lives were snuffed out by Stalin’s brutal purges in the 1930s. Living together in an apartment building…
Tapped by Trudeau to Steer Foreign Affairs, She’s Now His Possible Successor
The offer was as enticing as it was unexpected for a relative political newcomer. Three years ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked Mélanie Joly to become foreign affairs minister, among…
Late Night Razzes Trump’s Upcoming Visit to Notre-Dame
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
Truce in Lebanon: Can Diplomacy Rise from the Ruins? | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies gives a high-level overview of the state of play of the not-at-all resolved conflict in Lebanon. In addition to the…
For Some Koreans, Martial Law Stirs Harrowing Memories of Gwangju Uprising
The last time South Korea was under martial law, Chung Chin-ook was in his first year of high school, more than 40 years ago. His home city of Gwangju rose…
California Democrat Flips Seat in the Last House Race to Be Called
A Democratic former state lawmaker defeated the Republican incumbent on Tuesday to flip a seat in California’s Central Valley that was the last 2024 House race to be called, according…