February 2020

Will Warren’s Dominant Debate Performance Boost Her Chances in Nevada and Beyond?

LAS VEGAS — Senator Elizabeth Warren was raring to go. The first question of the Democratic debate had gone to Senator Bernie Sanders and it was about Michael R. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor who is upending the race. As Mr. Sanders wrapped up his minute-long answer, Ms. Warren strained to weigh in. “So I’d […]

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How Kit Williamson Of ‘EastSiders’ Created A Little Queer Series That Could

Writer, director and actor Kit Williamson would like his Emmy-nominated dramedy “EastSiders” to stand as a testament to love, both on- and off-screen.  There was, of course, no shortage of romance on the Netflix series itself, which concluded its seven-year, four-season run in December. Set in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, the pleasantly soapy show centered on

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Klobuchar and Buttigieg Spar Over Her Stumble on Mexico’s President

LAS VEGAS — The simmering Midwestern feud between Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Pete Buttigieg erupted on Wednesday night, as the two rivals increasingly turned their cannons on each other in a manner that was by turns caustic and personal. The fracas ignited in response to a question at the Democratic presidential debate about

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Why It’s So Hard to Make an Endowment More Socially Responsible

When Wilder McCoy, a senior, became involved with the Sewanee student group, it had the word “divest” in its name — which they worried could come off as combative. The students eventually renamed their group the Socially Conscious Investment Club, in hopes of signaling their desire for cooperation. “We really bought into the ethos of

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