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Continue readingKanye West’s Deal to Buy Parler Unravels
The parent company of Parler, a social media service popular with right-wing audiences, said it had “mutually agreed with Ye” to end the deal.
Continue readingBarbara Love, Who Fought for Lesbians to Have a Voice, Dies at 85
As an activist and an author, she was determined to demystify and normalize the lesbian experience, and to integrate it into the women’s movement.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Hear Student Debt Forgiveness Case
The justices left in place an injunction blocking the Biden administration’s authority to forgive up to $20,000 in debt per borrower.
Continue readingArt Brewer, Leading Photographer of Surfers, Is Dead at 71
A surfer from a young age, he began publishing his pictures when he was a teenager and became renowned for both his action shots and his portraits.
Continue readingUnwrapping Spotify Wrapped
This year the platform told us all we were onions. Why?
Continue readingE.U. Talks Over Russian Oil Price Cap Drag On
BRUSSELS — European Union ambassadors trying to reach an agreement on a top price for Russian oil continued to talk into Thursday evening, despite expectations that a deal was within reach. The negotiations over the price cap on Russian oil sales, a …
Continue readingCongress Is Trying to Avert a Rail Strike. Here’s How and Why.
President Biden called on Congress to pass legislation to head off a holiday-season rail strike, warning that a disruption to service could cause dire economic damage.
Continue readingRon DeSantis Is an Optical Illusion
Elon Musk is a geyser of gibberish, so it’s important not to make too much of anything he says. But a recent Twitter thread of his deserved the attention it got, if not for the specific detail on which most journalists focused. They led with Musk’s …
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