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Last March, Ev Williams described his publishing platform, Medium, as a superior alternative to the rest of the web. “It’s a simplistic view to say go where the people are,” Williams said. “You need to go where the right people are.” Turns out that being among the right people — the publishers, tech executives, and…
Midway through the thoroughly engrossing revival of God of Vengeance, now playing at New York’s La MaMa Theatre though Jan. 22, brothel owner Yankl Tchaptchovitch stands downstage discussing plans for the future with his wife, Soreh, as their teenage daughter, Rivkele, sits behind them, zoning out. In a small but telling sign of how the…
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This Is Us isn’t the only place to get your Mandy Moore fix—apparently, she is also starring in an off-off-off-off Broadway production inside the shower of some dude’s random Queens apartment. And who among us can say we wouldn’t want to wake up every morning, shuffle sleepily into the shower, and be greeted by the…
President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose a “big border tax” on General Motors in a tweet on Jan. 3. (Reuters) Ford chief executive Mark Fields said Tuesday the automaker was ditching its plans to open a factory in Mexico and instead expanding a Michigan plant, creating 700 more local jobs. The next wave of workers…
Dan Coats Expected to Be Named Intelligence Director close story-meta-footer close story-meta Retired Senator Dan Coats of Indiana is expected to be named director of national intelligence. ■ Trump Toyota tweet has Republicans and allies divided over import tariffs. ■ Anti-Trump lawyers have one more Hail Mary to stop a President Donald J. Trump. Continue reading…
Law schools’ classes of 2016 provided pro bono services worth $52.2 million through clinics, experiential courses and other student activities, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Association of American Law Schools. The AALS survey conducted in November found 80 law schools reported that 17,899 law students in the Class of 2016 contributed more…
The move would break a key campaign promise when Trump repeatedly said he would force Mexico to pay for the construction of the wall along the border, though in October, Trump suggested for the first time that Mexico would reimburse the US for the cost of the wall. The Trump team argues it will have…
After the U.S. government published a report on Russia’s cyber attacks against the U.S. election system, and included a list of computers that were allegedly used by Russian hackers, I became curious if any of these hackers had visited my personal blog. The U.S. report, which boasted of including “technical details regarding the tools and…
A man who some believe to be a pretty terrible human being is scheduled to become our next President in less than three weeks. I won’t make yet another rundown of all of the awful things he has said and done. I’ve done that a dozen times. Pretty much every reputable news outlet in the…