Politics Today 11:35 am Playing a Moderate, Antonin Scalia’s Daughter Wants a Virginia School Board Seat Playing a Moderate, Antonin Scalia’s Daughter Wants a Virginia School Board Seat But her progressive opponent is making sure voters know the truth. Joan Walsh October 24, 2023 Students in Falls Church, Va., rallied in favor of sexuality education…
Paris’s Grevin Museum says it has “remedied the skin tone” of the life-sized wax figure overnight.
28 minutes ago About sharing Several locations in the southern city of Khan Younis were targeted in Israeli strikes overnight and on Tuesday By David Gritten BBC News More than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry says. Israel’s military…
1 hour ago About sharing Katrín Jakobsdóttir is refusing to work in protest at the gender pay gap and gender-based violence. By Ido Vock BBC News Tens of thousands of women in Iceland, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, are refusing to work on Tuesday. The “kvennafrí”, or women’s day off, has been called in protest…
The plan is part of a post-Brexit shake-up of City rules, the regulator has confirmed.
1 hour ago About sharing Yocheved Lifschitz shook the hand of her Hamas captor as she left By Sarah Fowler BBC News “I went through hell,” says Yocheved Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother and peace activist released by Hamas on Monday after two weeks in captivity. Ms Lifschitz and her husband were kidnapped by Hamas gunmen…
Books & the Arts / October 24, 2023 The Ironist and the Exhibitionist: On Osamu Dazai The Japanese novelist’s dark-hearted comedies are at once unhinged and brilliant. Paul Franz Ad Policy Osamu Dazai, 1924. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Where to begin the story? It’s tempting to start at the end—on the morning of Osamu Dazai’s…
Politics / StudentNation / October 24, 2023 This City Council Election Will Decide the Future of Housing in Minneapolis With every city council seat up for grabs in 2023, progressives hope for a veto-proof majority to pass meaningful affordable housing policies. Theia Chatelle Ad Policy A high-rise apartment building under construction in Minneapolis, Minn. (Ben…
Environment / October 24, 2023 In Exxon’s Orwellian World, Lower Emissions Means More Oil Production In the corporation’s version of Newspeak, “carbon emissions” means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade. Brad Swanson Ad Policy Pioneer Natural Resources equipment near Midland, Tex., on Wednesday, October 11, 2203. ExxonMobil Corporation agreed to…
Society Today 5:30 am How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media How Osage Nation Members Struck Back at Decades of Indigenous Misrepresentation in the Media In the corporation’s version of Newspeak, “carbon emissions” means whatever it wants—and any investment in renewables is just a facade. Katrina vanden Heuvel…