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US slaps sanctions on Tanzanian police chief, bars him from entering America over human rights violations
The United States has sanctioned Tanzania’s police chief and barred him from entering the US, citing alleged human rights violations committed by the police force. The sanctions announced Thursday followed a general election in October in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan won a full term with 97% of the vote after a crackdown on opposition figures. US…
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Two Futures for the American Left
In a spat between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Marjorie Taylor Greene, which side would American leftists take? Until recently, this might have sounded like a ludicrous question. By any measure, AOC is one of America’s most left-wing politicians. Greene is a self-described Christian nationalist who once belonged to the right-wing Freedom Caucus. But two weeks ago,…
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‘KPop Demon Hunters’ fries and Grogu shakes: Why Hollywood keeps feeding the fast-food machine
Nearly half a century ago, Burger King released collectible glassware as part of a promotional campaign for the soon-to-be unexpected hit “Star Wars.” As “Star Wars” grew into a multibillion-dollar franchise — acquired by Disney from Lucasfilm in 2012 — the cups have become treasured collectibles for super-fans. Now, in the run-up to “Star Wars:…
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Senate Republicans finally reach ‘Trump breaking point’ — but might be ‘too late’: report
President Donald Trump has reached a new “all-time low” among Republican voters on several key issues according to the latest Fox News poll — and a growing number of Senate GOP lawmakers have reached what Punchbowl News described on Friday as a “Trump breaking point.” “Eventually, Senate Republicans were going to prioritize their own political…
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The Ebola and Hantavirus Outbreaks Offer an Ominous Warning
A worker disinfects at the room of someone believed to have died from Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 20, 2026. —Michel Lunanga—Getty Images Ebola, which is currently spreading in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a nightmare disease. The virus floods the immune system, eventually shredding our vasculature. There’s…
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All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques
Humans are animals that measure things. Call us Homo mensura. We have a compulsion to quantify, and for millennia we’ve been inventing new ways to go about it. For anything you can think of, there’s a device to measure it—from sphygmomanometers to spectrophotofluorometers. And of course nowhere is this more true than in science. Well,…
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How to have the best Sunday in L.A, according to Taylour Paige
For L.A. cool girl and actor Taylour Paige, the perfect Sunday involves lots of shopping — shopping for statement jewelry at Maxfield, minimalist yet playful clothing at Jacquemus and vintage home decor at Pierce & Ward. “I really love fashion,” says the Inglewood native. “I appreciate fashion. I respect fashion.” Paige’s latest project, “I Love…
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The best thing Democrats can do for the climate: Stop talking about it
With a little over five months until the midterm elections, Democrats in Washington and on the campaign trail are trying to show voters they care about cost-of-living issues. To make that pitch, some parts of the party’s usual message may be going by the wayside. That includes the conversation about combating climate change. Once a…
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Bizarre brag sees Trump share front page news — that’s 3 months old
A bizarre brag by President Donald Trump suggested he has lost track of what month it is. The 79-year-old posted a three-month-old New York Post front page to Truth Social early Friday, captioning it with the barely coherent “Have it!!! Great. President DJT.” But the cover he shared, headlined “Trump wins gold,” praised him for…
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Should Black athletes boycott racist states? Yes. Everyone should.
Conservatives routinely use images of encampments and boarded-up storefronts to criticize progressive policies on the coasts, but 80% of the country’s 341 “persistent poverty” counties are in the South. In fact, the highest concentration of poverty is in states that have been entirely controlled by conservatives for well over a decade. We’re talking Alabama, Georgia,…