Welcome to At the Races! Each week we’ll bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. January seemed like a long month, but maybe it was actually a year because we are... More »
Look upon this beautiful slop. | Elazar Sontag This mushy mess won’t win any awards for beauty, but it gets me through the morning A good bowl of mush is not an afterthought, but a delicate balancing of taste and texture — the predominant texture is, of course... More »
Edgar Wright really wants you to listen to the music of Russell and Ron Mael, also known as Sparks. And instead of just recommending a song, or making a playlist, he’s assembled “The Sparks Brothers,” a 140-minute tribute to the brotherly duo’s long career. Wr... More »
HBO Max is smartly using its brand power to highlight the company’s productions from around the world like last month’s acclaimed “30 Coins” and now the HBO Asia import “The Head,” a remarkably bingeable thriller set at the edge of the world. Echoes of John Ca... More »
Latitude, a startup building games with “infinite storylines” generated by artificial intelligence, is announcing that it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. The idea of an AI-generated story might make you think of hilariously nonsensical experiments lik... More »
Restaurant workers are made to feel powerless by design — and that keeps abusive chefs and toxic kitchens unchecked This is Eater Voices, where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range... More »
Closing out our coverage of the World Dramatic Competition program brings us to four films, two from small European countries with burgeoning national cinemas and two from East Asia. Three of them deal with traditions, the fight to maintain or change them, and... More »
Mountaintop, a sort of supergroup game development studio founded by veterans from a multitude of other major companies in the industry, has collected a $5.5 seed round from friends and family, and announced that their first title will be a PvP shooter. The co... More »
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In May 2020, Dr. Francis Collins, the longtime head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was called to the White House to meet with Jared Kushner, the then President’s son-in-law and adviser, and Dr. Deborah Birx, the head of the White House Coronavirus... More »
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Lately, when Rep. Ruben Gallego talks to potential congressional candidates, a new question comes up. It’s not their first question, but some potential candidates are now asking the Arizona Democrat, “Is it safe? Will it be safe for me and my family?” Safety... More »