After brouhaha around HBO’s Confederate, Amazon reveals plans for Black America, set post-reparations. / Deadline In case you missed it in all the political froth, here’s California’s Maxine Waters using a procedural technique—reclaiming her time—during last Thursday’s House Financial Services Committee meeting to prevent
In case you missed it in all the political froth, here's California's Maxine Waters using a procedural technique—reclaiming her time—during last Thursday’s House Financial Services Committee meeting to prevent Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin from running down the clock on her questioning. Other sites
The final month of the 2017 Rooster Summer Reading Challenge kicks off with the first book in our August matchup, Temporary People. All month long we'll be joined by Rachel Khong, in conversation with Nozlee Samadzadeh.
"Do you use the same password for everything? Or do you have different passwords for different things?" Small talk in beautiful places.
Rip currents kill more than 100 people a year, four in one night alone in New Jersey. Here’s how to survive one. / The New York Times Last week, posing as Reince Priebus, an “email prankster” baited now-ousted Scaramucci into a heated exchange. / The Guardian “Running is simple. But
“If non-breeders are selfish, they have an odd way of showing it.” Why taboos against childless people are baseless. / The Economist Forty years later, Renée Richards’s career in pro tennis—after sexual-reassignment surgery—seems ever more relevant. / Tennis Magazine The Defense Department wants to build a better
Radiolab's latest episode is about the future of fake news, and it's not pretty. From Adobe's new VoCo audio editor to some of the latest software in facial manipulation, it adds up to a possible nightmare scenario where no one believes anything anymore. That,
As the White House proves again to be the hottest reality TV show running, and replacements cause havoc on Broadway, too—and Venezuela appears likely to crack, Pakistan gets hotter, and Kyrie channels Kobe's cool-mindedness—we wish you a good weekend, whatever the temperature's like
Some weekend armchair travel, to figure out where Indian bands get their horns. No Indian celebration is complete without a brass band. In the country of 1.3 billion people, there are at least 700,000 villages. And each village generally has two or three brass bands. But where do
“‘Who leaked that to you?’ he asked. I said I couldn’t give him that information. He responded by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff.” In case you missed it yesterday: Outtakes and spit-takes from the night Anthony Scaramucci called reporter Ryan Lizza, demanded the names
