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‘Sally’ is streaming on Hulu. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. When she was selected to be on the 1983 Challenger mission, NASA scientists developed a makeup kit for her, and asked her if 100 tampons would be enough for her mission. Her battles with sexism becameContinue Reading

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“Hello.” The voice I heard when I picked up the phone on Election Day was low, leaden, and remote, as if spoken from a crypt. “This is Andrew Cuomo.” It was a recorded message urging me to vote. Even as his speech quickened—the city must “move forward,” he said, with rising emphasis—heContinue Reading

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Over the past 12 days, I have documented the daily scenes of Iranian missile strikes in Israel, which have occurred mostly at night. To some I arrived just minutes after impact, while the fires were still burning and the wounded were being pulled from the rubble.  Arriving in the darkContinue Reading

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Can an F-35 destroy a tank? This question taps into a critical discussion around modern warfare, aircraft capability, and the evolving role of stealth fighters in ground attack missions. As defense strategies adapt to shifting geopolitical landscapes, understanding the F-35’s capabilities against heavily armored ground targets like tanks is increasinglyContinue Reading

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Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan ripped the court’s majority decision Friday upholding age-verification requirements for pornography websites. In a scathing dissent joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Kentanji Brown Jackson, Kagan accused the majority decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton of diluting First Amendment protections for sexually explicit speech.Continue Reading