Lena Waithe’s Gripping New Drama Series Is “Super Black, Super Authentic, Super Chicago”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 33-year-old actress and writer Lena Waithe is best known for her role as Denise, Aziz Ansari’s pal in the Netflix series Master of None. In September, she became the first black woman to win a comedy writing Emmy for the show’s “Thanksgiving” episode—Denise’s…
The Supreme Court Is About to Hear a Case That Could Unleash a New Wave of Voter Purges
A line of early voters on November 7, 2016, in Columbus, OhioJohn Minchillo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When it comes to purging names from the voter rolls, the state of Ohio is second-to-none. Since becoming secretary of state in 2011, Republican Jon Husted has excised more than 2 million voters…
How a Young Army Officer Built America’s Empire of Paranoia From 85,000 Index Cards
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Manila, 1901. The city is a steamy mix of grand Spanish colonial buildings mildewed from tropical humidity, the ramshackle dwellings of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, and horse-drawn wagons rumbling through squares and gates with names like Plaza de Cervantes and Puerta de Isabel II.…
Silicon Valley Wants You To Cash In Your 401K To Buy “Raw Water”
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Silicon Valley has an apparently relentless appetite for disrupting the way we eat. Now, it’s coming after your tap water. Behold Source: a Hydropanel, a home system sold by a company called Zero Mass Water that uses condensation to trap water from the air and deliver…
Patriots Games, Birthday Bashes, and Vicious Tweets: Trump and Romney’s Failed Bromance
John Angelillo/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced his retirement from the US Senate on Tuesday, President Donald Trump marked the occasion with a Tweet that congratulated Hatch and called the senator a “tremendous supporter” and “friend.” Congratulations to Senator Orrin Hatch on an absolutely incredible…
Test Your Knowledge: What Are People Saying About Donald Trump?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. According to previous press reports, now bolstered by Michael Wolff’s account in Fire and Fury, pretty much everyone who knows Donald Trump thinks he’s not very bright. Can you match up the precise epithet with the person alleged to have said it?