January 2020

Partisan Rules Debate Rages as Senate Opens Trump Impeachment Trial

Politics /

WASHINGTON — A divided Senate began the impeachment trial of President Trump on Tuesday in utter acrimony, as Republicans refused to commit to hearing from witnesses Democrats demanded and moderate Republicans forced last-minute changes to rules that had been tailored to the president’s wishes. The debate, convened just after 1 p.m. in a Senate chamber […]

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It’s OK If Your Romantic Partner Doesn’t Keep Up With What You Do At Work

Lifestyle /

How much does your partner need to know about what you do at work every day to be supportive? This polarizing question has many answers depending on what supporting and being supported by a romantic partner feels like to you. Take a writer’s career, as did one recent viral tweet. If you have published work,

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Camilla Creates A Stir Answering A Question About Harry And Meghan

Entertainment /

Paging Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and queen of the unbothered. Two weeks after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were stepping back as senior members of the royal family, Camilla spoke out for the first time about the couple’s exit and move to Canada.  The duchess was visiting Prospect Hospice in Swindon, England, on

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Netflix Reports a Subscriber Bump as Disney Joins the Streaming Party

Technology /

Reed Hastings, the chief executive of Netflix, said rivalries are nothing new. “There’s lots of competitors throughout the world,” he said at the DealBook conference in November. Netflix had already been up against Amazon, Hulu and YouTube for the past decade, he noted, saying, “The four of us have been competing hard all this time,

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What high fashion is doing about cultural appropriation

Entertainment /

Image copyright Getty Images/ Gucci/ D&G Image caption Recent advertising campaigns accused of insensitivity and cultural appropriation Dolce & Gabbana trivialising Chinese culture in a campaign in 2018. Gucci pulling a jumper that resembles blackface in 2019. Commes Des Garçons using cornrow wigs on white models in 2020. Just three examples of insensitivity and perceived

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