2024

Olivia and Noah keep their spots as England and Wales’ most popular baby names.

MP calls for “heads to roll” after confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in Devon rise to 46.

/ May 17, 2024 Drawing the 1968 Columbia Protests I sketched the student protests at Columbia University nearly 60 years ago. Here is what I saw. Burton Silverman Ad Policy In late April 1968, New York magazine assigned me to cover the protests at Columbia University. After the NYPD, often violently, cleared Hamilton Hall and…

Politics / May 17, 2024 What Was That Bizarro Louisiana Voting Rights Decision All About? In a topsy-turvy ruling, the conservatives on the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a VRA-compliant congressional map while the liberals dissented. Elie Mystal Ad Policy The US Supreme Court Building at night. (Ralph Grunewald / Getty Images) Earlier this…

/ May 17, 2024 4-Day School Weeks Are a Raw Deal for Kids—and Their Parents The money-saving measure happening in districts throughout the country leaves too many kids without anything to do—or in some cases, anything to eat. Sasha Abramsky Ad Policy (Getty) Late last month, while I was reporting a story on the election…

Activism / This Week / May 17, 2024 The GOP Platform 1-5 Ask my wife. Steve Brodner Ad Policy Keep Reading Thank you for reading The Nation! We hope you enjoyed the story you just read, just one of the many incisive, deeply reported articles we publish daily. Now more than ever, we need fearless…

The three hostages were named as Shani Louk, Amit Buskila and Yitzhak Gelernter, who Israel’s military said had been “murdered by Hamas while escaping the Nova music festival” on 7 October.

Rhun ap Iorwerth says he remains “deeply concerned” by the first minister’s £200,000 donation.

A mugshot of the 27-year-old has been posted by Louisville Metropolitan Department of Corrections 17 May 2024, 13:21 BST Updated 2 minutes ago World number one Scottie Scheffler has been charged with assaulting a police officer outside Valhalla Golf Club hours before his second round at the US PGA Championship. Scheffler was released just in…

Rebecca Joynes had been accused of having sex with the boys when they were 15.