Новости за 11.09.2017

Donald Trump craves favorable press coverage even more than most politicians, so he must have been very pleased over the weekend when the media obliged with a spate of articles suggesting a major pivot in his administration. The New York Times, Associated Press, and Axios all seemed to agree that the old Trump—the right-wing ogre who lived to please the Republican base—was gone, replaced by an independent, pragmatic leader who would transcend partisan divisions. Using the very thin reed of the... Читать дальше...

For three seasons, Bojack Horseman has shown us the trials of a man who just happens to be a stallion—a sadsack depressive living out his middle-aged ennui in Hollywood. In the animated Bojack universe, humans and animals blissfully co-exist on equal emotional and verbal planes while still flaunting all the wild quirks of their species: The dragonflies fly, the cats have claws, the clams live in the sea (and take “shellfies” on their phones). One can imagine the elevator pitch: What if Los Angeles was literally a zoo? Читать дальше...

Audre Lorde.Wikimedia Commons

In the mid-1970s, a group of black feminist scholars and activists began meeting in Boston to form an organization that would address the political concerns of black women, which they felt had been ignored by the larger feminist movement. The group included renowned poet Audre Lorde, celebrated scholar/activist Barbara Smith, and future First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray, among others. They called themselves the Combahee River Collective, taking their name... Читать дальше...

Even as Donald Trump has vowed to eradicate the scourge of “radical Islamic terrorism” and to ban Muslim immigration, one element of Barack Obama’s counterterrorism strategy seemed likely to survive. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security announced it would award $10 million to groups that work to turn people away from violent extremism. The majority of the grants would flow to a wide range of community organizations—including the Muslim Public Affairs Council, which targets the social... Читать дальше...