Trump is expected to sign the new funding bill today—avoiding another government shutdown—as well as declare a national emergency in order to pay for his wall. 1/21 The presidential power to declare a national emergency is provided under the National Emergencies Act of 1976, which—in Trump’
A new collaboration between Visible Cloaks (who released one of our favorite albums from 2017) and avant-garde musicians Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano: "Stratum," an ambient track with surprise twists that turn it into something unexpectedly unsettling.
Since the Parkland massacre one year ago, there's basically been another Parkland every five days. 1/23 "Most gun stores face no legal requirements to secure the weapons they sell." How to rob gun stores: an illustrated journey. 2/23 A federal judge rules that Paul
Another partial government shutdown will be triggered Friday if Trump doesn’t approve the new funding bill currently making its way through Congress. In addition to falling well short of Trump’s $5.7 billion demand for the wall, the bill specifies the barrier cannot be built with concrete. 1/
Pieced together from multiple image sets, NASA software engineer Kevin Gill's low flyover of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Three figures are illuminated in an empty Los Angeles retail store, in Doug Aitken's installation Don’t Forget to Breathe.
Congressional negotiators reach a tentative deal to keep the government open with much less wall funding than Trump wants. 1/23 Eight-one percent of American adults believe Robert Mueller’s report should be released, including 79 percent of Republicans. 2/23 About 34% of Americans say putting on blackface
Two hundred sixty-eight years after the death of Johann Sebastian Bach and "the composer is a bigger celebrity than ever." Elizabeth Lyon on the marketing of Bach in the Hudson Review. The Bach of today—as portrayed in recordings, newspaper articles, books, and physical paraphernalia—is as
Since the beginning of Trump’s Bedminster golf club in 2004, dozens of undocumented workers from Costa Rica—with management’s knowledge—have worked there. Some even helped build it. 1/17 Washington told itself a comforting story that minimized the importance of this outbreak of kleptomania: These were criminal
The United Kingdom begins to recruit civilians to work in an emergency crisis center in the aftermath of a potential no-deal Brexit. 1/19 One London radio host has become famous for trying to convert Brexiteers every day on his show. 2/19 British teenagers explain why they love
