Culture / November 29, 2023 Seeing My Japanese American Heritage Through Ansel Adams’s Lens A photographer excavates personal history through reconstruction of Adams’s World War II photographs of Japanese Americans interned at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Joseph Maida Ad Policy My great aunt Katherine, a nisei Japanese American from Hawai‘i, and my great uncle Joe, a…
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A paramedic can be seen being pushed out of the back of an ambulance by a patient in a video released by London Ambulance Service (LAS). The paramedic can be seen crashing to the ground and holding his elbow in the footage. The patient had previously verbally abused members of the ambulance crew, and also…
1 minute ago About sharing Marcia Grant was 60 when she died outside her home in Greenhill, Sheffield By Victoria Scheer BBC News A 13-year-old boy who killed his foster mother by running her over in her own car has been sentenced to two years in custody. Marcia Grant, 60, died outside her home in…
Just now About sharing Brianna’s mum told the court about a time her daughter was sick, and screaming “in agony” By Julia Bryson & PA Media BBC News A girl accused of murdering Brianna Ghey had tried to kill her with an overdose weeks before she died, a jury has been told. Brianna, 16, who…
21 minutes ago About sharing Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest soul voices of all time By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Aretha Franklin’s sons have been awarded ownership of her former homes, thanks to a will that was discovered between couch cushions. The decision came four months after a jury said the document…
Feature / November 29, 2023 How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since Roe Fell How Ohio Passed the Highest-Stakes Abortion Rights Law Since “Roe” Fell The state is now firmly held by Republicans, but organizers found a way to reach voters who are appalled by the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Dani McClain…
Books & the Arts / November 29, 2023 A Cursed Blessing Søren Kierkegaard’s theory of despair. Søren Kierkegaard Dared to Ask In The Sickness unto Death, the Danish philosopher posed a difficult question: Is despair an essential feature of human life? Clare Carlisle Ad Policy Melancholy, Edvard Munch, 1895. This article appears in the December…
Economy / November 29, 2023 Ban the 24-Hour Workday! In some states—New York is one of them—it is still legal to hire someone for a 24-hour shift, but to only pay them for a fraction of those hours. Dawn Kikel Ad Policy Home care workers, seniors, and people with disabilities holding a rally at the…
Politics / November 29, 2023 Russian Fate: A Memoir I’ll Never Write “Russian Fate: A Memoir I’ll Never Write” From the archives and files of Stephen F. Cohen. Katrina vanden Heuvel Ad Policy Russian Fate cover illustration, fragment from the painting Eternal Russia by Ilya Glazunov. (Sergey Scherbina) Dear Gena and Friends, I wish I…