Pope Leo XIV’s Creole Roots Tell a Story of New Orleans
One day in June 1900, a census taker visited the New Orleans home of Joseph and Louise Martinez, Pope Leo ...
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“Last thing we need”: GOP panic grows as Trump team can’t get its story straight on tariffs
Republican lawmakers are seriously worried about President Donald Trump’s far-reaching and market-rattling plan to impose tariffs between 10 and 50 ...
“It’s not the thing, it’s the story about the thing”: Andy Kaufman’s life was one long performance
There are few comedians who polarized audiences like Andy Kaufman. His style of deadpan humor was deliberately designed to make ...
The viral story of Trump’s team texting war plans to a journalist, briefly explained
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting ...
“What second chances mean”: Ke Huy Quan’s career love story as a sidekick no more
"Hey Dr. Jones, no time for love!" That line, uttered by irrepressible sidekick Short Round in 1984's "Indiana Jones at ...
Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence” is a ghost story unlike anything you’ve seen before
In a time of twisty, “prestige” supernatural horror, the good, old-fashioned ghost story has fallen by the wayside. These days, ...
Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
To hear President-elect Donald J. Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged by crisis, a ...
A public housing success story
In the last issue of this newsletter, I wrote about what went wrong with public housing in the United States ...
My shelter cat heist: How “Adopt, Don’t Shop” almost became my villain origin story
"Come back in a couple of weeks, and we'll talk then," the woman at the animal rescue chirped. The short version of ...
How “Queer” writer Justin Kuritzkes told a love story through “the language of addiction”
Justin Kuritzkes has written only two feature films, both this year, both for director Luca Guadagnino, and both very gay ...
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