Guggenheim Rejects Opioid-Family Money. But These Museums Are Still Taking It.
Felix Hörhager/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Purdue Pharma’s production and sale of OxyContin helped make the Sacklers one of the richest families in America—and, in turn, a top donor to some of the world’s largest art museums. But it also helped create and abet the opioid crisis, and…
Adam Schiff Threatens to Subpoena Mueller’s Evidence If Necessary
AP Photo/Alex Brandon Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s not yet clear how much of Robert Mueller’s final report the Trump administration will allow to be released, but House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday night that he wants Congress to see more than just the report. Schiff…
The Vulnerability of California’s Coast Is Terrifying
This story was originally published by High Country News. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The destructive impacts of climate change have become increasingly apparent in California, with brutal droughts, historic wildfires and extreme precipitation hammering the state. But new research suggests that the worst might be yet to come. By the end of…
Stop Calling It “Ethnic Food”—and More Tips on How to Talk About Eating
Adalberto Roque/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Thai coconut curries and lemongrass soups often include pungent notes of a bumpy, thick-skinned citrus fruit called the makrut lime. English-speakers usually refer to it as kaffir lime. But even as the ingredient gains popularity, turning up in everything from cocktail recipes to…
Mueller Is Done. Trump Is About To Go Nuclear.
Mother Jones; Alexey Agarishev/Sputnik/AP; Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is in. The investigation is over. Just past 5 pm today, Attorney General William Barr announced that Mueller had delivered a report on his two-year investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal. It’s a topic Mother Jones’…
Flume’s New Mixtape Is a Fantastic, Angry, and Existential Mess of Computer Sounds
Roberto Finizio/Pacific Press/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) by Flume (Future Classic, 2019) Why we’re into it: Back with a bang, Flume dives deep into his beats, infusing them with the kind of aggression that’s perfect for 2019. Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape) is…