Researchers Just Found a Way to Map Trump’s 10 Most Embarrassing Moments Using Twitter
Joe Mahoney/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The past two-plus years have been a ride. President Donald Trump’s tenure so far has been peppered with such a range of awkward, upsetting, disturbing, and downright horrifying moments: from talk of grabbing pussies to “covfefe” to the paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico to calling former…
A Quiet Milestone for a Man Who Brought Dignity to the Presidency
Former President Jimmy Carter at a Habitat for Humanity building site in Memphis, Tennessee.Mark Humphrey/AP He has never sought great riches, or to capitalize on the presidency for personal gain. He lives in a home that is assessed for a lesser value than the armored Secret Service vehicle that sits outside it. Last week, at 94, Jimmy…
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…
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…
United in Tragedy, Pittsburgh’s Jewish Community Is Raising Money for the Christchurch Victims
A woman places a candle near Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.Carl Court/Getty Images For members of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, the mosque shootings that killed at least 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand felt all too familiar. After hearing about the shooting last Friday, the congregation quickly began raising funds for the…
Fox News Pulled Jeanine Pirro’s Show After Her Islamophobic Comments. Trump Wants It Back On.
Jeanine Pirro in the Trump Tower lobby in 2017.Albin Lohr-Jones/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fans of Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News show, Justice with Judge Jeanine, would have been disappointed on Saturday night after the network did not air the series during its regular time slot. Included among them was…