Eli Broad put his stamp on Los Angeles culture—and his foot down on its public schools.
Music
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Altercation: Damn the Author, but Don’t Cancel the Book
On the new, deficient Philip Roth biography and the apparently sociopathic biographer
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⏩ Climate, Immigration, and Monopolies: Watch Our March/April Issue Event
Our staff and contributors discuss climate change, corporate monopolies, and immigration during the COVID pandemic.
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Altercation: Celebrating Ellsberg at 90 and DeGrom at Just One
The stories of the guy who snitched on Dan, and the Mets who still can’t hit
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First 100: Arts Venue Closures Likely After Months-Long Delay in Federal Grant Program
Technical glitches at the Small Business Administration leaves independent business owners on a knife’s edge.
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Altercation: Lonely Are the Brave (Also the Sane)
Reporting on a Republican who nailed QAnon, the Times actually gets its description of the right right.
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Altercation: Republicans ‘Quietly Pursue’ Traditional Policies, Says Politico
Like what? Insurrection?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Islands in the Stream
Musicians are in peril, at the mercy of giant monopolies that profit off their work.
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Altercation: White House Reporters Now Drafting Scripts for Joe Biden to Read
They see their job as primary participants in a game of childish playacting, rather than as news gatherers.
Posted inWorking in America
How the Met Opera Is Squeezing Its Workers
The organization has locked out unionized stagehands while seeking across-the-board pay cuts, and outsourcing set building to non-union shops.
