Politics / StudentNation / November 6, 2023 Gabe Amo Is Set to Become Rhode Island’s First Black Congressman Amo beat 10 other candidates in a contentious Democratic primary for the state’s first congressional district seat. “I’ve been running to make a difference, not to make history.” Nicholas Miller Ad Policy Gabe Amo attends Voto Latino’s…
Books & the Arts / November 6, 2023 How the New York Waterfront Shaped American Modernism In The Slip, Prudence Peiffer looks at the role an overlooked neighborhood played in the lives and work of an eclectic set of post-war artists. Tausif Noor Ad Policy Coenties Slip in New York, 1850-1900. (Photo by David Attie…
1 hour ago About sharing Ribbon of purple light during an aurora event known as Steve captured in Argyll by Weather Watcher ‘R Westerman’ By Simon King & James Gregory BBC Weather and BBC News A message to everyone called Steve – your name was quite literally up in lights on Sunday night. Steve is…
1 hour ago About sharing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described allegations that a Conservative MP committed multiple rapes as “very serious”. He urged anyone with evidence of criminal acts to go to the police. It comes after reports that former Tory Party chairman Sir Jake Berry wrote to police to make them aware of…
Feature / November 6, 2023 The Pentagon’s Flailing Campaign Against Hate How the military continues to downplay the spread of extremism in its ranks. Jasper Craven This article appears in the November 13/20, 2023 issue, with the headline “The Hate Brigades.” As the rolling institutional crisis of American political life unspools, a key accelerating force…
The game’s publisher says 44.7 million players logged a total 102 million hours of play on Sunday
6 minutes ago About sharing British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant looms large on the skyline of the town By Simon Jack & Lucy Hooker BBC News British Steel plans to close down its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The business, owned by China’s Jingye Group, wants to replace them with…
27 minutes ago About sharing Watch: Drone video shows fireworks being fired at police Eight police officers have been injured in what police described as organised Bonfire Night clashes in Scotland. The most serious disorder took place in the Niddrie area of Edinburgh, where a group of 50 youths threw fireworks and petrol bombs at…
The Prince of Wales was said to have “kept up really well” during a dragon boat training session.
7 hours ago About sharing Barbra Streisand: “I’m a very private person. I don’t enjoy stardom.” By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent When Barbra Streisand was 17 years old and living away from home for the first time, she set herself a goal. “I have to become famous,” she told herself, “just so I can…