MONOCLE RADIO (March 23, 2025): Tyler Brûlé is joined by Juliet Linley and Marcus Schögel to unpack the week’s top stories. Then: Monocle’s Vienna correspondent, Alexei Korolyov, reports on the latest from the region and the artistic director of MIA Photo Fair, Francesca Malgara, shares key highlights from this year’s programme.
The New York Times – Sunday, March 23, 2025
How a Major Democratic Law Firm Ended Up Bowing to Trump
Paul Weiss was targeted by an executive order from President Trump. Its chairman, who had worked against Mr. Trump during his first term, then went to the Oval Office and cut a deal.
Wealth and Warfare Empower a Rwanda-Backed Militant Group in Congo
The M23 militia is ruling over a vast stretch of territory in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, threatening the sovereignty of the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Scammer’s Manual: How to Launder Money and Get Away With It
Documents and insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.
Were the Kennedy Files a Bust? Not So Fast, Historians Say.
The thousands of documents posted online this week disappointed assassination buffs. But historians are finding many newly revealed secrets.
The New York Times – Saturday, March 22, 2025
Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
As Trump Broadens Crackdown, Focus Expands to Legal Immigrants and Tourists
U.S. border officials are using more aggressive tactics at ports of entry as the administration scrutinizes green card and visa holders who have expressed opposition to its policies.
Trump Rejects Idea That Musk Should Have Access to Top-Secret China War Plans
The president also denied a report that such a briefing had been planned to be held at the Pentagon on Friday.
Heathrow Rumbles Back to Life After Substation Fire Shut Down Airport
The blaze forced Britain’s largest airport to cancel or divert more than 1,000 flights on Friday and removed a linchpin of global air travel. Counterterrorism police were investigating the cause of the fire.
Morning News: Europe-Ukraine Peacekeeper Plan, Taiwan Combat Drills
MONOCLE RADIO (March 21, 2025): Europe’s response to the plan for peacekeepers in Ukraine and developments surrounding the potential ceasefire with Russia. Then: the International Olympic Committee votes in a new president and the South Pacific looks to welcome in the world’s latest country. Plus: what to expect when Art Basel returns to Hong Kong.
The New York Times – Friday, March 21, 2025
Trump Signs Order Aimed at Eliminating Education Dept. ‘Once and for All’
Congress and federal law stand in the way of shutting down the agency, which manages federal loans for college, tracks student achievement and supports programs for students with disabilities.
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
‘Captain Canada’ Takes On Trump
Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, is reinventing himself as one of Canada’s staunchest defenders against President Trump’s economic and sovereignty threats.
In Syria, Being Wanted Went From Something to Fear to a Badge of Honor
The ousted Assad dictatorship kept lists of millions of wanted people. Now, Syrians are openly asking whether they “have a name” on any of those lists and are sharing the news proudly.
The Economist Magazine – March 22, 2025 Preview
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (March 20, 2025): The latest issue features Rise of the superhuman….
How to enhance humans
Finding ways to live much longer—and better—shouldn’t be left to the cranks
The trap Vladimir Putin has set for Donald Trump
The Russian president wants to suggest that Ukraine is just a detail in a wider relationship
The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
The rule of law is at stake
Dreams of improving the human race are no longer science fiction
But the “enhancement” industry is still hobbled by out-of-date regulation
The New York Review Of Books – April 10, 2025
THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS (March 20, 2025): The latest issue features Michael Gorra on the majesty of Caspar David Friedrich, Cathleen Schine on Hanif Kureishi, Wendy Doniger on letting slip the horses of war, Adam Thirlwell on Lars von Trier, Christian Caryl on denazification, Miri Rubin on Christian supremacy, Jonathan Mingle on the phosphorous shortfall, Brenda Wineapple on the history of American social movements, Geoffrey O’Brien on Fifties Hollywood, Christopher R. Browning on Trump’s antisemitism, poems by Witold Wirpsza and Laura Kolbe, and much more.
Toffler in China
The work of the eclectic American futurist exerted a profound and unanticipated influence on China’s digital transformation since the 1980s.
Lost in the Landscape
The Met’s Caspar David Friedrich exhibition offers an introduction to an artist whose work—luminous, disturbing, serene—reveals an all-encompassing physical realm.
Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature – an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, February 8–May 11, 2025
Caspar David Friedrich: Art for a New Age – an exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, December 15, 2023–April 1, 2024
The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich’s Journey Through Time by Florian Illies, translated from the German by Tony Crawford
The Rise and Fall of Warhorses
You can tell the history of a large part of the world by who had what horses when.
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires by David Chaffetz
The New York Times Magazine – March 23, 2025
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (March 20, 2025): The 3.23.25 Issue features Matt Flegenheimer and Dana Rubinstein on Eric Adams’s scandal-ridden mayoralty; Helen Ouyang on how airline pilots are pushed to hide their mental health issues; Parul Sehgal on progressives and solidarity; and more.
How Eric Adams Lost New York
He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.
Why Airline Pilots Feel Pushed to Hide Their Mental Illness
Is the F.A.A. really ensuring
How Generative A.I. Complements the MAGA Style
Online Trump supporters have embraced a unique form of irony that is hard to parse — and easy to deploy with new technologies.safety by disqualifying pilots who receive a diagnosis or treatment?
The Guardian Weekly – March 21, 2025 Preview
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (March 20, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Driven to Fury’ – How Tesla became a target for protest…
Lauren Gambino examines how growing difficulties for Musk have given heart to Democrats as they see his recognition factor and billionaire status as an easy rallying point to rebuild their own battered political fortunes.
Spotlight | On the frontline of the tariff wars
Leyland Cecco takes the pulse of Hamilton, Ontario’s steel-making hub, after the Trump administration imposed a 25% levy on imports of Canadian steel and aluminium
Environment | Loess regained
The Loess plateau was the most eroded place on Earth until China took action and reversed decades of damage from grazing and farming, finds Helen Davidson
Feature | A Syrian civil war survivor
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad chronicles the life of Mustafa, determined to succeed in the new Syria even with his past as a forced soldier for the Assad regime
Opinion | Trump’s every misstep brings chaos
The honeymoon is over for a president who seems to personify the law of unintended consequences, says Simon Tisdall
Culture | A painter in her own write
Celia Paul tells Charlotte Higgins about her relationship with Lucian Freud and the struggles of being out of step with the art world
The New York Times – Thursday, March 20, 2025
Zelensky Agrees to Halt Strikes on Russian Energy Targets in Call With Trump
President Trump also floated the idea of the United States taking control of Ukrainian power plants, according to U.S. officials. The Ukrainian president said he was not pressured about the proposal.
Mexico City Bans Traditional Bullfights for Violence-Free Option
Showdowns between people and bulls can still go on, but the animals can no longer be hurt or killed. Some bullfighting proponents said the law imperils an ancient tradition.
Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage
President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign.
White House Plans to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy
The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as it pushes schools to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline, among other things.
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