18 minutes ago About sharing Michelle Mone: “I’m sorry for not saying straight out: Yes, I am involved” Baroness Michelle Mone should not be a member of the House of Lords, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. The peer has admitted she lied about her links to a company which supplied millions of pounds…
1 hour ago About sharing The civilians are taking shelter inside the Holy Family Church (file photo) By Oliver Slow BBC News Civilians trapped in a church in Gaza City are living in an “unreal” sense of fear, a relative of one of those confined there has said. Fifi Saba, whose sister is trapped inside…
Poems / December 18, 2023 Lavender Margaret Ray Ad Policy I won’t tell you what literary pilgrimages I’ve tried to take, which writer’s creaky New England floorboards I’ve stood on, trying to conjure something, which stone houses with informational plaques I’ve loitered near before I gave up trying: What I will tell you is how…
World / Column / December 18, 2023 A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border. Spencer Ackerman Ad Policy United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks during the press conference with union leaders and…
Politics / December 18, 2023 Biden’s Decision to Skip New Hampshire Is “Political Malpractice” Grassroots Democrats can save him with a write-in campaign. But avoiding a battleground-state primary is not smart politics. John Nichols Ad Policy A demonstration of how to write in Joe Biden on the New Hampshire election ballot. (WMUR) Concord, New Hampshire—Kathy…
Books & the Arts / December 18, 2023 Isaac Julien’s Truth Dealing with time, race, and utopias, his work challenges conventional notions of where film belongs and should be consumed. Barry Schwabsky Ad Policy Isaac Julien at the Tate Britain, 2023. (Photo by Judith Burrows via Getty Images) Robert Bresson once proclaimed that “the truth…
Politics / December 18, 2023 Kevin Alexander Gray: The Movement’s Man in South Carolina When Jesse Jackson said he wanted a delegation to the 1988 Democratic Convention that reflected his coalition, Kevin was one of the people who made sure it did. JoAnn Wypijewski Ad Policy Kevin Alexander Gray. (Courtesy of Jon Flanders) In a…
34 minutes ago About sharing Diana wore the Azagury dress for the first time at a dinner with the Mayor of Florence in 1985 By Yasmin Rufo BBC News A dress worn by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985 has been sold at auction for 11 times its estimated price. The black, ballerina-length velvet evening…
38 minutes ago About sharing By James Gregory BBC News Some 4,000 American bully XL owners have applied for exemption from an upcoming ban – but many more dogs could be out there, the UK’s chief vet says. Dr Christine Middlemiss urged owners to apply before it becomes illegal to own a bully XL in…
37 minutes ago About sharing By Lora Jones Business reporter, BBC News Oil giant BP has announced it is pausing all shipments of oil through the Red Sea after recent attacks on vessels by Houthi rebels. It made the decision because of the “deteriorating security situation” though said it was a temporary move. A number…