A Pittsburgh Jewish Group Is Raising Money for New Zealand’s Muslim Community
Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019.Vincent Yu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When a gunman killed 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh last October, Muslim groups quickly launched a crowdfunding…
Photoshop Can Make Even an Oil Rig Beautiful
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A couple of days ago I needed a picture of an offshore oil rig to illustrate a post. I remembered that I had taken one recently, so I figured I’d just use my own photo. Here’s the original: But then I decided to dick around…
“It’s Like a Virus”: Fighting the Hate that Fueled the New Zealand Massacre Requires a Global Response
Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019.Vincent Yu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The massacre that left at least 49 people dead and scores of others wounded in New Zealand this week highlights the white…
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Is Showing the World What Real Leadership Looks Like
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a press briefing in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 16, 2019. Xinhua/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. It’s been a striking study in contrasts over the past 24 hours: In the aftermath of the New Zealand massacre, President Donald Trump declared that white nationalism…
A Teen Smashed an Egg on the Australian Senator Who Blamed New Zealand Massacre on Immigration
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Australian senator Fraser Anning, who blamed the New Zealand massacre on Muslim immigration, got an egg cracked over his head on Saturday morning by a 17-year-old boy. Video footage of the event shows the teenager position himself behind the senator during a news conference…
Why the Creators of Billions See the Show as a “Rorschach Test” for the Trump Era
Paul Giamatti as Chuck Rhoades and Maggie Siff as Wendy Rhoades in “Billions.”Jeff Neumann/SHOWTIME Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Billionaires, Saudi investors, political favor-trading —it sounds a lot like the basis of a Mother Jones article on any given day under the Trump administration. But in fact, it’s the logline for…