Democrats are poised to blow their last chance to establish protections for undocumented immigrants, an issue they’ve campaigned on for decades. November 12, 2021 Months ago, Senate Democrats let Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough kill their chance to pass a $15 minimum wage. When MacDonough, the unelected staffer who interprets the rules of the chamber, decided that…Continue Reading
Rendered statistically invisible and targeted by restrictive laws, those living in cars are the fastest-growing segment of the unhoused US population. November 11, 2021 Their voices shatter when Sara Kuust and Jake Blackburn talk about Kuust’s miscarriage while residing in a Chevy Blazer. A red-light camera flashing in the dark night, in a big box…Continue Reading
Her remarkable two-part film The Souvenir examines how an artist turns the fragments of their personal history into an enduring story. November 11, 2021 When does a life become a story, a narrative legible to those outside it? This question trills at the heart of Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (2019) and the new The Souvenir…Continue Reading
Well before PTSD became an official diagnosis, his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five described the psychic wounds of war. November 11, 2021 In The Writer’s Crusade: Kurt Vonnegut and the Many Lives of Slaughterhouse-Five (Abrams, 2021), I examine Vonnegut’s masterpiece by going on a biographical and literary journey into the author’s life, from the trauma he experienced…Continue Reading
Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin figured out exactly how far, and how close, to keep Donald Trump. November 11, 2021 Suburban Fleece Daddy Glenn Youngkin led Virginia Republicans out of the wilderness in early November, winning back white suburban voters to take the governorship. But he did even more: He helped the GOP win back the lieutenant…Continue Reading
LONDON — When Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stepped out last week at a gala for veterans in New York City, the beaming, beribboned prince declared he was “living the American dream.” That might be even truer of Meghan, who has restyled herself since leaving Britain last year as a philanthropist, multimedia entrepreneur and…Continue Reading
In October, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, made her most significant political intervention to date. She marked her fortieth birthday by writing an open letter “as a mom” to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, and asked Congress to legislate for paid family leave for new parents. Markle may have thought she was pushing at…Continue Reading
(AFP via Getty Images)Prince Harry joked that he was “living the American Dream” after riding in a car shaped like a hot dog during a gala honouring veterans in New York.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended the 2021 Salute to Freedom Gala on the eve of Veterans Day in the US and Armistice Day…Continue Reading
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A small plane bound for Sussex Airport in New Jersey crashed Thursday, killing two people, including a man who flew to space with William Shatner.State police identified the victims as Glen M. de Vries, 49, of New York City and Thomas P. Fischer, 54, of Hopatcong, New Jersey.READ MORE: Suspected…Continue Reading
“Wait for confirm that he is alone. Then turn off cell phones.” This note was written on a balled-up piece of paper, sitting on the top of the trash pile in the home of a suspected killer. Detectives were in disbelief. This unburied treasure was a key piece of evidence that they needed to convict…Continue Reading