Elizabeth Pochoda, Journalist Who Traversed the Media World, Dies at 83
She was a writer and a top editor at publications as diverse as The Nation, Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. She also helped found Grand Street and reboot Vanity Fair.
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Shamelessness Is Trump’s Superpower
Donald Trump, who was well on his way to becoming one of the most corrupt presidents in American history even before he said it would be “stupid” for the United States not to accept a plane worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Qatar to replace …
The Science I Would Be Doing if I Weren’t in ICE Detention
When I moved to America from Russia to join a biology lab at Harvard Medical School in 2023, it felt as if I found my dream job. America was a paradise for science. Everything was flourishing. There was freedom of discourse; conferences, seminars. It …
I Reject Trump’s Random False Rationale Generator
If the White House wants to fire the librarian of Congress, it can. But it was interesting to have recently had the experience of meeting this dynamic, dedicated person, and feeling so proud that she was our librarian of Congress, then reading the …
‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’
transcript ‘We Have to Really Rethink the Purpose of Education’ Students are already using A.I. to learn and write. The education policy expert Rebecca Winthrop explores the big questions emerging for educators and parents. Here’s a statistic I’ve …
My Brush With Trump’s Thought Police
The email arrived in early February from the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, carrying a blunt message. It informed the organizers of a Danish lecture series — one I was soon scheduled to speak at — that the final portion of American funding would be …
Let Go of Your Old Ideas About the Saudis
Lots of people in Saudi Arabia have a soft spot for Donald Trump. They think of the American president as a straight-shooting businessman — someone who talks of interests and not values, who won’t lecture them about human rights and who shares their …
New Threats Require a New Army
On the last day of April, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo that has the potential to unleash profound change in the Army. After decades of being organized, trained and equipped mainly for operations in Europe and the Middle East, the …
Karma Comes for Kennedy
Like the divine intelligence of the universe, the list of reasons that the wellness influencer Casey Means should not be surgeon general is vast. For one thing, she never completed her medical residency. She’s said that she dropped out of her program …
Sharpe James, Revitalizing Newark Mayor Convicted of Corruption, Dies at 89
Sharpe James, the charismatic and combative mayor of Newark for 20 years who presided over a downtown resurgence and pressed to upgrade its blighted neighborhoods, but who was later convicted in a corruption scandal stemming from his time in office …