Donald Trump Has a Cash Problem
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s sons announced Thursday that they were shelving plans to open two chains of lower-end hotels and motels, blaming Democrats and journalists on their failure to get the new brands off the ground. But there’s a likelier explanation for their struggles, and…
What Should a Climate Change “Plan” Look Like?
NASA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Roberts has a point here: Adding to this: a list of your favored policies is not a “plan.” A plan involves a way of inspiring thousands of people to organize & take action & drive your policies onto the national political agenda &…
Who Is Your Favorite Movie President?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t want to think about real presidents today. So instead let’s have a fun survey of fake presidents! Someday, perhaps, Hollywood will make a few movies that star women as president of the United States.
On Treacherous Terrain with Lily & Madeleine and Gemma Ray
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. They’re not outrageous. They don’t strike out in bold new directions. But Lily & Madeleine and Gemma Ray consistently turn out strong albums, quietly compiling impressive bodies of work. Overlook them at your peril. Lily & MadeleineCanterbury GirlsNew West Sisters Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz specialize…
From Hamilton to Beto, Politicians Who Shared a Little More Than We Wanted to Know
President Lyndon Johnson displays the incision from his gallbladder surgery in October 1965.AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her Instant Pot became social media sensations, a few American politicians had dared to share personal tidbits they hoped might endear them to the…
Climate Change Isn’t Just Frying the Planet—It’s Fraying Our Nerves
StphaneLemire/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Over the last year, Rebecca, a 35-year-old woman living in Washington, DC, had been losing sleep over the seemingly endless flow of apocalyptic environmental news. She fretted about the Trump administration’s loosening of emissions regulations and the United Nations’ dire predictions about climate change.…