I got lost at the circus as a child. I must have been anxious, but mostly I remember feeling at peace with being separated from my parents – an early ambivalence to being part of my family of origin. I had a bourgeois, Jewish upbringing. My mother worked promoting racially integrated housing. My father was…
Uber is suing DoorDash, accusing the biggest food delivery provider in the US of putting pressure on restaurants to exclusively use its services. According to The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times, Uber filed the lawsuit in California on February 14. Uber said it filed the lawsuit after hearing from “restaurants across the country”…
In a massive victory for abortion rights supporters, a Missouri judge on Friday blocked a licensing requirement for abortion clinics that providers said prevented them from offering the procedure. Planned Parenthood announced shortly after the judge’s ruling that its clinics would once again perform abortions in Missouri. “Abortion services are resuming in Missouri!” Planned Parenthood…
Clare Hamilton and Sara Cox as young women, wearing white dressing gowns and with face masks on, with a cigarette hanging out of Sara’s mouth, photographed in a wooden hotel mirror, and recreating the same image todaySara Cox, right, and Clare Hamilton in 2000 and 2025. Later photograph: Pål Hansen/The Guardian. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair…
WATCH: Nate Oats talks historic Alabama-Auburn basketball matchup Nate Oats spoke to reporters before Alabama (21-3, 10-1 SEC) basketball faces Auburn (21-3, 10-1 SEC) on Saturday in Coleman Coliseum. Any time Auburn and Alabama play in any sport, it means something within the borders of its home state, with precious, hard-earned bragging rights on the…
Kemi Badenoch is being urged to overhaul her approach to prime minister’s questions and bring in more experienced advisers to prepare for the weekly political joust, amid criticisms of her approach to taking on Keir Starmer. Some MPs are complaining that their fledgling leader is raising the wrong topics and picking unconvincing lines of attack…