I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
A month after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, I believed there was evidence that the Israeli military had committed war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity…
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
Ten Americans and U.S. permanent residents who had been seized by the Venezuelan authorities and held as bargaining chips were freed Friday in exchange for the release of more than…
PepsiCo Reaches for Protein and Fiber to Boost Sales
High-protein Cheetos? Doritos with added fiber? PepsiCo plans to offer healthier, or cleaner, versions of some of its popular chip and drink brands and add protein or fiber to them,…
Under Trump, a New Focus for a Birth Control Program: Helping Women Get Pregnant
The Trump administration intends to use funds from a decades-old federal program that provides birth control to low-income women to ramp up efforts to help aspiring mothers get pregnant, signaling…
CBS Says It’s Canceling Colbert Over Money, Not Politics. Is That Truthiness?
In 2005, on his satire “The Colbert Report,” Stephen Colbert coined the term “truthiness,” meaning a statement that was not actually true but represented a reality that the speaker wished to inhabit.…
State Dept. Official Says Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Visa Revocations
A senior State Department official testified Friday that his office, which the Trump administration has tasked with vetting foreign students’ social media posts and revoking student visas, has operated this year without…
Justin Bieber Awakens His Old Soul
In 2007, back when YouTube was in its infancy and Justin Bieber was not far beyond his, he and his mother posted to the platform a series of videos of…
7 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Tensions rise in a small town in New Mexico during the summer of 2020 in this contemporary western from Ari Aster. “Eddington” sets us not-so-gently adrift on a sea of…
Is ‘Toxic Empathy’ Pulling Christians to the Left?
Below is an edited transcript of an episode of “Interesting Times.” We recommend listening to it in its original form for the full effect. You can do so using the…
Finding a Gem in the Woods of Central Connecticut
After they met in early 2021, it didn’t take long for Rahul Barua and Winnie Wong to decide that they were in it for the long haul. By mid-year, they…