02:26 Billionaire Richard Branson mourns his wife and partner of 50 years, Joan: ‘She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world’ (news.google.com)
02:59 Despite Trump''s best efforts to reshore manufacturing, blue-collar employment is plunging for the first time since the pandemic with 59,000 lost jobs (news.google.com)
02:26 Billionaire Richard Branson mourns his wife and partner of 50 years, Joan: ‘She was my best friend, my rock, my guiding light, my world’ (news.google.com)
11-06 Voters on Tuesday rewarded Democrats who addressed economic costs. Hours later, Trump said he delivered an ''economic miracle.'' (www.politico.com)
02:53 Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves - A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends? (www.newyorker.com)
11-25 A Family Drama Over Gender in “Holy Curse” - In Snigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results. (www.newyorker.com)
11-25 The Turkey Trot Is for Wimps—Welcome to the Iron Turkey - If you manage to make it through the swim, and to peel off your starchy bathing suit, you’ll begin a hundred-and-twelve-mile uphill bike ride to the most crowded grocery store in America. (www.newyorker.com)
11-25 The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All - The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 In a Sargent Painting, a Vicomtesse Lives On - The great-great-grandmother of Laurent Saint Périer was one of John Singer Sargent’s alluring muses, before she died in a notorious fire. Now Saint Périer visits her portrait in the Musée d’Orsay. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 “Letter in April,” by Marie T. Martin (translated, from the German, by Kathleen Heil) - “Do you still receive letters from the dead?” (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended - Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 One of the Greatest Polar-Bear Hunters Confronts a Vanishing World - In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 What Does “Capitalism” Really Mean, Anyway? - In a new global history, capitalism is an inescapable vibe—responsible for everything, everywhere, all at once. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 Disappeared to a Foreign Prison - The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War? - The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 Kurtis Blow, Still Blowing - After the rapper’s 1979 hit “Christmas Rappin’,” his song “The Breaks” was the first rap single to go gold. Now he’s embracing the good ole days with a “Legends of Hip-Hop” concert. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 What Happens in Kyoto Comes to New York - In 1997, scientists and bureaucrats gathered in Japan to talk about greenhouse-gas emissions. At Lincoln Center, a group of actors rehash all the drama—in front of the original negotiators. (www.newyorker.com)
11-24 Weak Female Lead - For some reason, I have been voted to be the leader of the uprising against Society in this dystopian Y.A. action movie, but I really just need to lie down. (www.newyorker.com)