21 minutes ago About sharing Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest soul voices of all time By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Aretha Franklin’s sons have been awarded ownership of her former homes, thanks to a will that was discovered between couch cushions. The decision came four months after a jury said the document…
Feature / November 29, 2023 How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since Roe Fell How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell The state is now firmly held by Republicans, but organizers found a way to reach voters who are appalled by the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Dani McClain…
Books & the Arts / November 29, 2023 A Cursed Blessing Søren Kierkegaard’s theory of despair. Søren Kierkegaard Dared to Ask In The Sickness unto Death, the Danish philosopher posed a difficult question: Is despair an essential feature of human life? Clare Carlisle Ad Policy Melancholy, Edvard Munch, 1895. This article appears in the December…
Economy / November 29, 2023 Ban the 24-Hour Workday! In some states—New York is one of them—it is still legal to hire someone for a 24-hour shift, but to only pay them for a fraction of those hours. Dawn Kikel Ad Policy Home care workers, seniors, and people with disabilities holding a rally at the…
Politics / November 29, 2023 Russian Fate: A Memoir I’ll Never Write “Russian Fate: A Memoir I’ll Never Write” From the archives and files of Stephen F. Cohen. Katrina vanden Heuvel Ad Policy Russian Fate cover illustration, fragment from the painting Eternal Russia by Ilya Glazunov. (Sergey Scherbina) Dear Gena and Friends, I wish I…
Society / November 29, 2023 Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry. Jeffrey C. Isaac Ad Policy Representative Jim Banks (R-Ind.) leaves the US Capitol on May 18,…
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4 minutes ago About sharing Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Fitchett and Hugo Morris died after their car crashed in north Wales By Chris Dearden & Paul Pigott BBC Wales News An inquest into the deaths of four teenagers killed in a car crash has heard that all four of them drowned. Wilf Fitchett, Jevon…
Coaches will no longer be able to weigh gymnasts under new British Gymnastics rules designed to stop “harmful practices” which it says are “on the fringes of abuse”. The 2022 Whyte Review found “systemic” physical and emotional abuse in the sport “borne of inadequate practice”. This included athletes having their bags searched for food in…
19 minutes ago About sharing BBC Weather Watcher Cycling Richard captured snow-covered fields in Glaisdale, North Yorkshire By Marie Jackson & Helen Willetts BBC News and BBC Weather People across parts of the UK are facing freezing temperatures, with another day of snow and ice warnings ahead of them. Overnight, temperatures dipped to -8C (18F)…