Aaron Sorkin Kills a Mockingbird, and Tracy K. Smith Takes a Journey
Listen with: Click Here: fjallraven kanken backpack iTunes WNYC Stitcher TuneIn As Aaron Sorkin began writing his theatrical adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” he found a “white savior” dynamic that he felt he had to challenge; the result was a lawsuit from the literary executor of Harper Lee. And the recent Poet Laureate Tracy…
Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 5th
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The Disillusion and Frustration of a New Generation is Fuelling Hong Kong’s Protests
July 1st, the twenty-second anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong, formerly a British colony, to Chinese rule, began with a champagne toast between Carrie Lam, the city’s elected chief executive, and officials from China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, the local enforcers of Beijing’s will. The rest of the day was marked by a…
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The national emergency represented by the Trump Presidency began on its first day, January 20, 2017. The new President’s inaugural address, written largely by Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon, sounded all the themes of right-wing nationalism, populism, xenophobia, phony alarm, and blatant deception that we now take as the daily lexicon of the Trump White…
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 3rd
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Trump’s Fourth of July Parade to Include Flyover by Russian Air Force
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Calling it “incredibly exciting news,” President Donald Trump revealed on Wednesday that his long-planned Fourth of July parade in Washington will include a flyover by Russian Su-24 fighter planes. “These are beautiful, gleaming Russian planes,” Trump boasted to Tucker Carlson, of Fox News. “I’m the first American President who’s had Russian fighters…
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, July 2nd
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For Better and Worse, We Live in Jony Ive’s World
The archetypal telephone, the Model 500, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, had a clunking rotary dial, a heavy base, and a coiled cord that connected to a curved handset. It had, surprisingly, some mobility: you could hold the base of the phone in one hand, ideally with your middle and ring fingers, while walking around a…
Ivanka Comes Out Against Busing: “I Have Never Taken a Bus In My Life—They’re Gross”
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Ivanka Trump came out strongly against busing on Monday, telling reporters, “I have never taken a bus in my life—they’re gross.” Trump said she was reluctant to wade into the busing controversy, but asserted, “The idea of getting on a bus, where there are a lot of other people and you have…