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The Guardian
- Manhattan DA’s office to investigate Eric Swalwell over sexual assault allegations
Democratic representative has denied accusations from former staffer as he faces calls to drop bid for governor The Manhattan district attorney’s office said on Saturday that it is investigating a sexual assault allegation against Eric Swalwell, a Democratic congressman from California running to be the state’s governor, who on Friday denied claims by an unnamed woman that he sexually assaulted her twice.Confirmation of an investigation came after the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Friday that a woman who previously worked in Swalwell’s district office accused him of two nonconsensual sexual encounters. Continue reading...
- Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil
Leo’s comments did not directly mention war in Iran but read as his strongest condemnation of the conflict yetPope Leo XIV stepped into the international political arena at evening prayers in St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City on Saturday, saying prayer for peace is “a bulwark against that delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us and is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive.”The first US-born pope said: “Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death.” Continue reading...
- US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime
Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chiefUnited States federal agents arrested three Iranian nationals – including the son of a revolutionary at the center of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis – after the US state department terminated their green cards, the department announced on Saturday.State department officials revoked the green card status of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, whose mother was an Iranian revolutionary who served as the spokesperson for Iran’s regime during the hostage crisis that defined the late Jimmy Carter’s presidency. The state department also revoked the green card – or legal permanent resident – statuses of Hashemi’s wife and son. Continue […]
- Louisiana Republicans move to eliminate court office won by exonerated man
After Calvin Duncan served 28 years for a murder he didn’t commit, he won an election to serve as criminal court clerk. But now the office might be shut downA man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark election in New Orleans promising to fix a judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana’s governor, Jeff Landry, and the Republican-controlled state legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote last November to become the Orleans parish clerk of criminal court after pledging to reform the justice system based on his own experience fighting to access court records while in maximum security prison. Continue reading...
- ‘We feel this incredible tension at all times’: what happened to small-town USA when extremists moved in
In his new book, Michael Edison Hayden captures the bitter saga between the founders of far-right publication VDare and the residents of a West Virginia townIn 2020, residents of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, learned that a mysterious couple from New York had bought a historic local building known as “the castle”, which the newcomers planned to use as a headquarters and conference space for their non-profit organization. A bitter saga followed – one that the journalist Michael Edison Hayden writes about in his new book, Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town.The couple in question were Peter and Lydia Brimelow, whose online publication VDare was named for Virginia Dare, the first English child […]
Aeon
- Patterns without desires
The art expert is the fulcrum of all value and significance in the museum and auction world. Could AI supplant them?- by Noah CharneyRead on Aeon
The Conversation
- 4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game
China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.
- Artemis II crew used modern photography to tell the visual story of their lunar journey – and update some classic Apollo images
A space historian explains how the Artemis II crew reimagined some Apollo-era photos and found spectacular new angles.
- Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne’s 19th-century novel
Going to the Moon isn’t just about science. Novelist Jules Verne predicted some of the societal ramifications modern lunar missions are creating today.
- US ceasefire with Iran: What’s next? A former diplomat explains 3 possible scenarios
Both countries seem tired of the costs of war and ongoing risks, but successful negotiations will have to overcome deep distrust by both sides.
- In his efforts to remake federal architecture, Trump repudiates the ‘republican ideals’ that have long informed it
US presidents haven’t usually sought to impress their own architectural tastes – much less their names while in office – on national monuments.
Sludge
- AI Super PACs Are Unleashing Millions to Tilt Primaries in Their Favor
So far, the industry groups have won nearly all the races they’ve thrown their money at, helping to advance allies who could help shape AI legislation in the next Congress.
Grist
- Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico
A lawsuit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states.
- How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up
There's an old argument that protecting the environment hurts the economy. It's wrong for a lot of reasons.
- The skylines of the future will be made of wood
Laminated timber is more environmentally friendly than steel, and perfectly safe for constructing tall buildings.
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