Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?
Wiredby Tommy Craggs21d ago
The offers had come in earlier that day. Paulina Borsook, 72, allowed herself a flash of excitement before returning to the question of what had ruined her life.
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top 80%Inside NBC News’ polling averages: Democrats enjoy biggest lead yet in the race for Congress
NBC Newsby Stephanie Perry21d ago
Democrats are heading into the final stretch of the 2026 midterms with their largest lead yet in the race for Congress and President Donald Trump’s approval rating at a significant low, according...
The Magic Words Trump Uses to Legally Justify His Harebrained Schemes
The New Republicby Matt Ford21d ago
President Donald Trump appears to think that the phrase “national security” is a get-out-of-court-free card whenever he wants to do (or get away with) something.
Trump Is Punishing Reporters for Doing His Bidding
The New Republicby Timothy Noah21d ago
In the annals of government-press relations, the Trump White House will go down as the first to punish reporters for publishing information it wanted to get out.
Transcript: Why Blue States Are Better Places to Live
The New Republicby Right Now With Perry Bacon21d ago
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 24 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.
The Most Likely Avenue for Supreme Court Reform
The New Republicby Simon Lazarus21d ago
Supreme Court reform is all the rage among Democratic leaders in Washington. For decades, with few if notable exceptions, these politicians stood mutely impotent in the face of ultraconservative...
How Edgar Allan Poe Mined His Own Misery
The New Republicby Evan Kindley21d ago
Edgar Allan Poe can be difficult to take seriously. His contemporaries condescended to him, regarding him as talented but childish and undisciplined.
What Peacemaking Loses When Women Are Left Out
Timeby Cristal Downing21d ago
Wars exact a heavy toll on women and yet, too often their voices and concerns are pushed to the margins of global peacemaking.
Should You Sit Out the Armory Show?
Hyperallergicby Hyperallergic21d ago
If you survived day one of the New York fair flurry, you have my respect — Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara has read his share of booth press releases over the past 24 hours, too, and offers a...
‘Relief or regret’: The rule that guides Greg Brown’s biggest calls at Motorola Solutions
Semaforby Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson21d ago
The Scene Greg Brown became chief executive of what was then Motorola in 2008. But it’s only in the last decade that he thinks he has become “a reasonably good CEO.” And he credits a series of...
Pope Leo XIV Affirms Need For Media To Cover Public Figures When Asked About Trump Ban
World Newsby Nicole Winfield21d ago
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV told reporters they were welcome to cover him Friday, as he responded to the Trump administration’s attempt to bar U.S.
The Pentagon wants $30 million to build an AI-powered lie detector
MIT Technology Reviewby Amit Katwala21d ago
The US government wants to spend $30.3 million over the next five years on an improved form of lie detector, according to a Department of Defense budget request.
Nearly a Decade Later, the Electric Tesla Semi Is Here
Wiredby Aarian Marshall21d ago
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now.
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print
Literary Hubby Paulina Borsook21d ago
A Prophetic Classic About the Dangers of Tech is Back in Print Paulina Borsook’s Cyberselfish is Truer Now Than When it Was Written 26 Years Ago Paulina Borsook saw there was something rotten afoot...
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week
Literary Hubby Book Marks21d ago
What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week Featuring Gloria Steinem, Naomi Alderman, Chuck Klosterman, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and More Gloria Steinem’s An Unexpected...
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater!
Literary Hubby Amy Fusselman21d ago
Got Writer’s Block? Go to the Theater! Amy Fusselman Recommends Her Favorite Unconventional Writing Practice This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here.
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading
Literary Hubby Jeff Biggers21d ago
Remembering Grazia Deledda, the Sardinian Nobel Prize-Winner We Should All Be Reading Jeff Biggers on the Legacy of a Little-Known Writer on the 100th Anniversary of Her Prize “Cross the sea,” a...
“Ode to a Leaf Blower,” a Poem by Jill Bialosky
Literary Hubby Jill Bialosky21d ago
Leaves tangled & braided in limp limbs of the still surviving perennials, our yard a battlefield of trees towering at least seventy feet high, squeezing out the sun, & slowly letting go of their...
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World
Literary Hubby Chris Dixon21d ago
“Regular, rigorous, and Reliable.” How to Keep Fighting for a Better World Chris Dixon on the Urgency of Organizing in the 21st Century We can cultivate qualities that help us to stick around in...
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age
Literary Hubby Elizabeth Alexander21d ago
Elizabeth Alexander on Finding Life in the Second Spring of Middle Age “I learned many things during my study of dance that have everything to do with the writing of poetry.” If I could have been a...