* Chicago's incumbent mayor Emanuel fails to win more than 50% of the vote despite big advantages. * Chicago police found to be operating a "domestic black site," where detainees are abused in secret. * Perhaps predictably, David Brooks thinks Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Public Theater
Our urban future is upon us, city planners tell us, but residents’ on-again, off-again relationship with their surroundings makes them want to say goodbye to all that.
A look back at the dethroned NBC Nightly News anchor’s storied history, in his own words.
* Obama to veto legislation today, without "a lot of drama or fanfare," that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. * Fifteen former students of for-profit Corinthian Colleges go on debt strike. * No end in sight for Venezuela's condom shortage. * Two-day uprising at Texas immigrant detention
Too often we assume art requires interpretation. But paintings don’t need to broadcast meaning to be meaningful.
* Syriza buckles, will accede to four-month extension of austerity in Greece. * Steelworkers expand strike, the largest since 1980, to Port Arthur; Shell refuses to budge on safety demands. * Forceful demonstration flares in Texas private prison; inmates were protesting medical neglect. * See also: Cadre of architects question ethics of prison
When the world ends, CNN won’t be the only channel with a doomsday video ready for broadcast.
* Before working at Gitmo, a Chicago detective may have tortured and wrongfully convicted people of color for years. * Louisiana refuses to compensate Glenn Ford for the 30 years he spent on death row for a murder he didn't commit. * NSA and GCHQ hacked one of the world'
* Justice Dept. prepared to sue Ferguson PD over racial discrimination if it doesn't make recommended changes. * Football in general, and football fans in particular, can't persuade a racist not to be a racist. * MLK was a Trekkie, and in 1969 he convinced star Nichelle Nichols (Uhura)
Recent astronomical discoveries have expanded our understanding of the universe—and messed up godhead performance reviews.
