Books & the Arts / August 28, 2023 Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot Her only novel, Heartburn, looked beyond the love story to uncover the limits of bourgeoisie life and marriage itself. Dilara O’Neil Ad Policy Nora Ephron, Carl Bernstein, and a guest during a 1977 benefit for Amnesty International at Tavern on the Green in…
Society Today 5:00 am Will the Opioid Crisis Deliver Its Worst Harms to Black and Brown People? Will the Opioid Crisis Deliver Its Worst Harms to Black and Brown People? It started as a crisis among white people. But now that overdoses are surging in Black and Brown communities, government is failing to invest in…
Activism Today 5:30 am Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 King offered Americans the choice between acting in accordance with the constitution and resistance—often violent—to change. In many ways, we face the same choice today. Eric Foner August 28, 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington…
2 hours ago About sharing A grainy image from Kabul airport as the female students setting off for Dubai queued to go through security By Noor Gul Shafaq BBC Afghan “After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad,” says 20-year-old Afghan student…
“Technical issue” hits UK air traffic control systems, with airlines warning of delays to flights
Simone Biles broke a 90-year record by winning her eighth all-around title at the US Gymnastics Championships. Her win comes less than a month after the four-time Olympic champion returned to competition, following a two-year break to work on her mental health. The 26-year-old’s floor routine earned a score of 15.400, giving her an all-around…
Home Secretary Suella Braverman says “all options” are being considered to deal with small boats.
10 hours ago About sharing By Nathan Williams & Iain Watson, political correspondent BBC News Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out any version of a wealth tax on the richest in society should Labour win the next general election. She told the Sunday Telegraph extra money for public services would have to come from…
7 hours ago About sharing By Ece Goksedef BBC News Students will be banned from wearing abaya, a loose-fitting full-length robe worn by some Muslim women, in France’s state-run schools, the education minister has said. The rule will be applied as soon as the new school year starts on 4 September. France has a strict…
18 minutes ago About sharing By Christy Cooney BBC News Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman says it is “completely unacceptable” that criminals are often “effectively free to break certain laws”. She wants officers to use evidence from smart doorbells and…