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…
On the Road With Jacob Collier
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this month, we went to Irving Plaza in New York City to get to know Jacob Collier, the 24-year-old hyper-kinetic, preternaturally talented British composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. Collier began releasing YouTube videos in his teens that featured complex arrangements of pop songs and playfully…
Melvv’s “Blank” Provides the Sound to Ponder Life’s More Complicated Questions
Melvv Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: “Blank” by Melvv (Atlantic Recording, 2019) Why we’re into it: A track for those days when you accept that life sometimes is so overwhelming, the best you can do is just feel…nothing. Melvv has long distinguished himself by creating the kind of tracks that stand out from…
David Crosby Discovers Kacey Musgraves
/Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. David Crosby, the founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash evidently stumbled across Kacey Musgraves earlier this week. have any of you heard a girl named Casey Musgraves ….song called Slow Burn ? — David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) March 11, 2019 Many,…
He Lost Almost Everything in Syria. In Canada, His New Neighbors Are Helping Him Start Over.
Isaam Hadhad with Frank Gallant in the chocolate factory. Jonathan Keijser/Courtesy of the Atlantic In Syria, Isaam Hadhad ran one of the largest chocolate factories in the Middle East. But after a bombing destroyed his factory, Hadhad and his family fled to a refugee camp in Lebanon, eventually gaining asylum in Nova Scotia, Canada, in…
Trump Jr. Has Some Thoughts About Felicity Huffman’s Arrest in the College Scam Scandal
Lev Radin/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors charged nearly 50 people, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, in a damning college admissions scam, wherein parents sought to help their children secure admission at prestigious colleges around the country. The scheme, the largest admissions scam ever prosecuted…