Tag Archives: March 2025

The New York Times – Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Hegseth’s Leak Would Have Warned the Enemy. The White House Is Using Semantics to Obscure That.

War plan or battle plan? Classified or not? The answers to those questions amount to a distinction without much of a difference.

Inside Pete Hegseth’s Rocky First Months at the Pentagon

The disclosure of battle plans on a chat app created a new predicament for the defense secretary.

The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated

The chat’s contents, which were obtained by The Atlantic after its editor in chief was added to the Signal group, provide a revealing look at private conversations between top Trump administration officials.

Supreme Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’

The administration had tightened regulations on kits that can be easily assembled into nearly untraceable firearms.

Times Literary Supplement – March 28, 2025 Preview

TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (March 26, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Many Muses’ – The women who inspired Rainer Maria Rilke; The real prime minister; Elon Musk’s big wink; The occult world of Ithell Colquhoun…

The New York Times – Wednesday, March 26, 2025

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Trump Downplays Signal Leak, Backing Waltz and Pointing Finger at Journalist

Democrats denounced the country’s top intelligence officials for “sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior” for discussing secret military plans in a group chat.

Now Europe Knows What Trump’s Team Calls It Behind Its Back: ‘Pathetic’

Trump officials have demanded more European military spending and questioned the continent’s values. Leaked messages show the depth of the rift.

Russia and Ukraine Agree to Stop Fighting in Black Sea, White House Says

The deal was limited, and it was not clear when or how it would start. The Kremlin also demanded some Western sanctions be lifted first.

Forgotten in Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Defendants

People in Maverick County spend months in jail waiting to be charged with minor crimes. Some are simply lost in the system.

Los Angeles Review Of Books – Spring 2025 Issue

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LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS (March 25, 2025): The latest issue is titled Pressure, with all new essays, poetry, and short fiction zeroed in on pressure, resilience, and the break—figurative and literal. 

Features
The Pool at The LINE by Maya Binyam
Dark Waters and Sorcerer by Sam Bodrojan

Nonfiction
Points of Entry: On Lebanon and broken glass by Mary Turfah
Rising from Her Verses: The poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos by Sophia Stewart
Mann Men: Exploring an oeuvre of men in crisis by Clayton Purdom
Jolted out of Our Aesthetic Skins: Mario Kart and fiction in Las Vegas by Simon Wu
Beautiful Aimlessness: The cultural footprint of Giant Robot by Oliver Wang
In Its Purest Form: Reading Lolita on its 70th anniversary by Claire Messud
Perfect Momentum: How to crash someone else’s car by Dorie Chevlen

Comic
Mafalda by Quino, translated by Frank Wynne

Fiction
The Tragedy Brotherhood by O F Cieri
The Eagle’s Nest by Devin Thomas O’Shea

Excerpt
The Heir Conditioner: from Mother Media by Hannah Zeavin

Poetry
Minister of Loneliness by Ansel Elkins
Iterations by Tracy Fuad
Moon over Brooklyn by Daniel Halpern
You by Laura Kolbe
Third Act by Tamara Nassar
Still, my brother’s flag flies by Jorrell Watkins

Art
Melvin Edwards
Tyeb Mehta

Foreign Policy Magazine – Spring 2025 Preview

Introducing Foreign Policy's Spring 2025 Print Issue: Billionaire Rule

FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE (March 25, 2025): Introducing Foreign Policy’s Spring 2025 Print Issue – Billionaire Rule

Is America a Kleptocracy?

Here’s how life could change for the rich, poor, and everyone in between. by Jodi Vittori

When great changes are afoot, we look for a user manual. There will be new patterns of living and new expectations for the future. The rapidly developing corruption landscape in the United States will be no exception.

Elon Musk’s First Principles

The world’s richest man wants to apply the rules of physics to politics. What could go wrong? by Adam Tooze

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world—one of the richest in history. But Musk’s power is no longer just tied to the financial wealth derived from Tesla, X, or SpaceX. Musk, by virtue of his close relationship with President Donald Trump, has been given a sweeping mandate to influence policy across the entire U.S. government through the newly founded Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). His life as an entrepreneur sheds important light on his work as a political actor.

How Modi and Trump Treat Billionaires Differently

Both have harnessed industrialists for political ends.

Did China Get Billionaires Right?

The party does not grant impunity to the ultra-rich.

The New York Times – Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts

The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best technology.

Sudan’s Military Sweeps Across Capital, Hoping to Turn the War

A New York Times reporter and photographer were the first Western journalists to visit central Khartoum since the civil war broke out two years ago. The scale of how much has been lost was inescapable.

Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat

The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.

In a Shift, More Republicans Want Government Investment in Children

The evolution reflects a growing bipartisan agreement that American families are struggling and something has to change.

The New Yorker Magazine – March 31, 2025 Preview

An illustration of a parent carrying a stroller with a child seated in it down a flight of stairs into the subway.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (March 24, 2025): The latest issue features R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Upstairs, Downstairs” – A tale of two schlepps.

Medical Benchmarks and the Myth of the Universal Patient

From growth charts to anemia thresholds, clinical standards assume a single human prototype. Why are we still using one-size-fits-all health metrics? By Manvir Singh

How Police Let One of America’s Most Prolific Predators Get Away

When a prosecutor began chasing an accused serial rapist, she lost her job but unravelled a scandal. Why were the police refusing to investigate by Sean Willi

The E.P.A. vs. the Environment

With the help of the agency, the Trump Administration is doing everything it can to make emissions grow again. By Elizabeth Kolbert

The New York Times – Monday, March 24, 2025

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Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil

A chaotic restructuring order threatens to degrade services for veterans of wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.

With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession

A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.

Keir Starmer on Putin, Trump and Europe’s Challenge: ‘We’ve Known This Moment Was Coming’

The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’

Migrants Deported to Panama Ask: ‘Where Am I Going to Go?’

Dozens of stranded migrants sleep on mattresses in a school gymnasium. In interviews, 25 deportees from around the world said they were stuck in limbo.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Zürich, London And Vienna

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

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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.