Politics
Trump Should End the FDA’s 25-Year Cover-Up on the Abortion Pill
Mifepristone has not gotten safer; the FDA has just gotten more political. Source link
Swedan Margen
Swedan Margen contributes to L'Officiel Lifestyle with a focus on business and entrepreneurship.
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Culture
New York’s Museum of Sex: Serious, Sly, Fun, and Funky
A collection on sex through the ages explores its power, delights — oh, and there’s plenty of paraphernalia. Source link
News
Losing Faith in Atheism
If I was still in search of beliefs, many atheists would object, I hadn’t really gotten over my religious upbringing. A good atheist deals…
News
A Tour Through Central Park’s Cruising Grounds
Tress’s new book, “The Ramble, NYC 1969” (Stanley/Barker), and a related exhibition currently at the Clamp gallery, in Chelsea, makes me…
News
Judge rules ICE can't make warrantless arrests at some churches
A federal judge said Friday that ICE's policy of allowing arrests at churches tramples on religious rights, and he issued an order…
Business
Rivian finds a way to shine even as the EV market struggles in the dark
Rivian shocked the market with strong earnings results, proving itself an outlier in the electric vehicle market, which has been…
News
Parents who blame Snapchat for their children's deaths protest outside company's headquarters
Standing in front of Snap’s Santa Monica offices, parents clutched photos of their children who died from taking fentanyl-laced pills…
Business
“Crime 101” Is an Enjoyably Moody Exercise in Michael Mann Lite
Those qualities bind him, in a spiritual sense, to Lou, who can’t suppress a quiet admiration for the criminal he’s pursuing, and also to…
News
The Myth of the Perfect Writer’s Room
In touring the history of writerly spaces, “The Writer’s Room” elegantly describes the rooms kept by Maya Angelou, Charles Dickens, Joan…
News
Whodunnit: The Upstate Murder-Mystery Weekend
Cupid gets his main-character moment this weekend. We asked New Yorker staffers to help build a playlist befitting his romantic mission.…
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Business
A Terrifying Scam and the System That Made It Possible
Burch tracks these cases, and has conducted her own research on plaintiffs’ experiences. Her findings are sobering: plaintiffs almost…
Celebrity
Charli XCX Misses the Moment
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News
Instagram boss defends app from witness stand in trial over alleged harms to kids
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge threatened to throw grieving mothers out of court Wednesday if they couldn’t stop crying during…
Culture
The Director of “Crime 101” on His Favorite Anti-Western Westerns
When the director Bart Layton—whose new film, “Crime 101,” opens on Friday—recently reflected on his favorite novels, he realized that…
Politics
Meta, TikTok and others agree to teen safety ratings
Meta, TikTok and Snap will be rated on their teen safety efforts amid rising concern about whether the world’s largest social media…
News
What a Rare Condition Can Teach Us About the Power of Music
People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs. Source link
News
“The President’s Cake” Is a Neorealist Treasure from Iraq
In the city, the story splits in half: Lamia gets separated from Bibi (for reasons I wouldn’t dare disclose) and searches for the one…
News
'Ass power!' Hundreds gather in L.A. to play a video game about donkeys and the resistance
The donkeys are pissed off. Put upon, out of work and victims of decades-long systemic abuse, it’s time, they have decided, to protest.…
News
Trial starts in L.A. lawsuit alleging Instagram and YouTube knew apps harmed kids
A landmark civil trial that will ask jurors to decide whether social media companies can be held liable for pushing a product that they…
Business
AI’s latest 20-something billionaire got his start at L.A. garage sales
The man set to become one of the world’s youngest artificial intelligence billionaires started his entrepreneurial journey as a bored…
News
Virginia’s Clownish Redistricting Scheme
None of this is worthy of a state with one of the finest political traditions in America. Source link
News
A Pioneer of Electronic Music Reanimates Old Songs
The project evolved out of an informal recording session. In the summer of 2025, the Copelands were offered two free days in a studio in…
Politics
Louisiana AG moves to sue California, New York over abortion pill access
Louisiana's attorney general plans to sue the governors of California and New York in federal court to force the Democratic-run states to…