The Orchestra Checks Its Email
A day in the life of a professional orchestra—coffee, practice, social media, tuxedo—leading up to a performance.
Archive
A collection of 14231 issues
May 22, 2015
* All six Baltimore police officers indicted in Freddie Gray's death. * US military flyover of Chinese artificial islands is either "entirely appropriate" or "provocative." * Today, Ireland could be the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. * A close read of banks'
May 21, 2015
* New video of Freddie Gray arrest contradicts Baltimore Police report. * Photos of the ancient site of Palmyra, Syria, whose antiquities are now under threat by ISIS. * Crude oil spill along California coast threatens rare ecosystem that's one of only five in the world. * Europe's seal pelt
White Guys (Friendship Never Ends)
An alphabetical update to important stories that have fallen off the front page, from the existence of Atlantis to the Spice Girls’ decline.
May 20, 2015
* Los Angeles passes $15 minimum wage increase, to be implemented by 2020. * On Iraq, candidates flub with "Given what we know now." * FIFA president proposes Israel-Palestine "peace match" to settle soccer dispute. * Thinking of history by generations is reductive, inaccurate, and always demeans the young.
May 19, 2015
* White House bans transfers of certain types of military-grade weaponry to local police departments. * While Obama has retracted Bush's most creative unilateralism, the surveillance state remains off-limits. * Historian argues the American presidency has always been an elected monarchy—we just don't call it that.
Voices of the Walmart
There are eight million stories in a city. How many are there at Walmart? Random telephone calls made to hear about life inside.
May 18, 2015
* US and China may ratchet up sanctions on North Korea, whose nuclear program shows no sign of abating. * A shootout between police, biker gangs in Waco, Texas, leaves nine dead, nearly 200 arrested. * Former Egyptian President Morsi sentenced to death for prison outbreak during Mubarak's last days. * For
May 15, 2015
* China's on track to finish 2015 with the biggest reduction in both coal use and CO2 ever recorded by a single country. * In summary, Jeb Bush had a very bad week trying to talk about Iraq and his brother. * Coup fails against Burundi's president; coup leaders
The Death of Clemency
Clemency is supposed to be a “fail-safe” in our judicial system. Thanks to a handful of powerful, well-paid political appointees, that notion is proving lethally incorrect.