May 9, 2025, 2:24pm With Popes and Pulitzers getting announced this week, it was a busy one, especially for fans of prestigious ceremonies and secretive deliberations. If you’re too busy preparing for Mother’s Day, here is the news in three quick diagrams. Source link
Your week in book news, in Venn diagrams. Read More »
America’s Cultural Treasures: This article is part of a series sponsored by the Ford Foundation highlighting the work of museums and organizations that have made a significant impact on the cultural landscape of the United States. The work is to really dig into and continue to deepen our understanding of what racial healing means. I
Penumbra Theatre Sets the Stage for Black American Artistry and Healing Read More »
May 9, 2025, 2:01pm Photo from the Library of Congress In their continued campaign to trample institutions and eject expertise from government, the Trump Administration abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden yesterday. Dr. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to serve as the country’s top librarian, and was fired with
The Trump Administration just fired America’s top librarian. Read More »
May 9, 2025, 1:59pm The theme of the week is tiny beauty. The force is in the details, as they say. So we at Lit Hub are looking closer and looking around. Drew Broussard recommends Colin Dickey’s “Glacial Errata,” a newsletter dedicated to “oddities” in one way, shape, or form. Each week, Dickey picks five
Here’s what’s making us happy this week. Read More »
Affalterbach looks to a new high-performance PHEV powertrain for the replacement for the much-loved E63 super saloon The Mercedes-AMG E63 was a brash, loud, powerful super-saloon of a kind that isn’t easily forgotten and that only Affalterbach could make. To the dismay of a generation of dyed-in-the-wool performance car enthusiasts, it’s no longer in production.Sacrificed as
Under the bill, which has been in committee since March 21, brokerages in Illinois would be required to market properties for sale on public platforms within one day of entering into an agreement with a seller, unless the seller signs an opt-out form. The form would be provided by the Illinois Department of Financial and
Illinois bill looks to enshrine CCP in state law Read More »
President Trump’s tariffs are making it a lot more expensive to have kids, parents and baby gear makers say. Sweeping levies imposed by Mr. Trump in April are hiking the prices of baby essentials, including car seats and strollers, amounting to a tax on parents, advocates for reducing costs for families say. At the same
U.S. tariffs could raise cost of baby products up to $1,000 a year Read More »
May 9, 2025, 11:08am Last week, hundreds of publishers, theatre companies, symphonies, and community arts programs abruptly lost funding. Beloved institutions from the Bay Area to Harlem were rudely informed of canceled NEA grants last week. And as my colleague James Folta reported in depth, the list of affected arts organizations only continues to grow.
Here’s what to do if your NEA grant has been terminated. Read More »
The cabin update marks major change. Were it not for the cliff-face geometry of the wide, wood-effect (or, in higher trims, metal-effect) dashboard and the expanse between the front seats (nicely sculpted and with useful armrests), you could almost be forgiven for thinking you had climbed aboard one of Mercedes’ saloons. Gone are dramatically hooded instrument
President Trump signaled Friday that the U.S. may be open to lowering tariffs on China. “80% Tariff on China seems right!” he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform. “Up to Scott B.” The conciliatory tone of Mr. Trump’s post comes as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are scheduled
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