Grief, Comedy, and COVID
Last week, comedian Laurie Kilmartin took to Twitter to talk jokingly about something that wasn’t funny –– her mom was dying. JoAnn Kilmartin, Laurie’s mother, had contracted the coronavirus in her nu...
24 Juni 202022min
Is Bill Barr Winning?
This past weekend, Geoffrey Berman was suddenly removed from his office as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The removal itself began with Barr announcing on Friday night that B...
23 Juni 202018min
TBD | Why Remote Learning Failed
In March, when schools across the country shut down, few people could have guessed that students wouldn’t return until the fall. Schools weren’t equipped to deploy remote-learning curricula, technolog...
19 Juni 202020min
Why Remote Learning Failed
In March, when schools across the country shut down, few people could have guessed that students wouldn’t return until the fall. Schools weren’t equipped to deploy remote-learning curricula, technolog...
19 Juni 202020min
The Belated National Embrace of Juneteenth
Companies from Nike to the New York Times have announced that Juneteenth will be a paid day off this year. What does wider observance of the holiday say about the progress we’re making as a country? G...
18 Juni 202014min
A Politician's Brush with NYPD Abuse
Police reform is not a new cause in New York. The same proposals have been discussed for years. But when people took to the streets in late May, they handed politicians a mandate. This is the story of...
17 Juni 202029min
A Victory for LGBTQ Americans
On Monday, the conservative Supreme Court extended civil rights protections to transgender and gay Americans. The ruling is not controversial -- supermajorities of polled citizens say discrimination a...
16 Juni 202021min
Is the Military Turning Its Back on Trump?
In the past couple of weeks, multiple high ranking military members, active and retired, have spoken out against the Trump administration's use of force in Lafayette Square. Usually, military officers...
15 Juni 202020min
