Silicon Valley files friend of the court brief against Muslim ban
The participating companies form close enough to a comprehensive list to make the absences notable.
Gaga tries to make the worst seem better
The pop icon’s setlist spoke for itself and lifted us all. And then the game ended, and I cried tears of joy again.
Saturday doubles: Sundance and the staying power of storytelling
I’m an awfully big believer in the idea that narrative storytelling is one of the few things in this world with the power to change minds.
Checks and balances: Making our country great (again!)
At least for the day, the #Muslimban is dead, and that’s incredible news for all of us.
Al Gore revives cancelled climate conference
Get excited for a lot of science, dialogue and strategy, because politics be darned, the Climate & Health Meeting is back on.
Anchorage to immigrants and refugees: We’ve got your back
Alaska’s distant, snowbound metropolis is home to far more people from troubled nations than you’d think.
The days that I missed and the values we’re fighting for
I felt a paralyzing shame this weekend. But that can’t last. And today, in so many ways, Americans proved that the defense of our most sacred values will be forceful.
Tim Kaine’s post-inauguration act of universal love
On the evening after Trump’s swearing in, former Veep candidate Tim Kaine helped an LGBT couple wed.
Malia Obama expands her horizons in Bolivia
While most of us were whipping ourselves into an election frenzy stateside, the elder Obama girl immersed herself in another way of living.
Searching for detente in the war at home
Parents and children get down to the risky business of talking politics in a New York Times mini-doc.
