Nigerian migrants in Sicily are building a buzzing Afrobeats scene from scratch by Joe Penney

The Ballaró neighborhood lies in the former historic city center of Palermo, the capital of Sicily, Italy. A few decades ago, Ballaró was known to be a dangerous part of the city controlled by brutal mafia bosses. Today, the neighborhood is safe and revitalized, thanks to the arrival of African and Asian migrants. Among these …

Trump’s Impeachment and the Degrading of Presidential Accountability By Amy Davidson Sorkin

The President will see an acquittal—which was preordained by the highly partisan Senate—as license for further abuse. Illustration by João Fazenda The sordid truth of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump is that it will end with the Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, doing him a favor: delivering the votes, with little regard for the …

Trump and maths

Donald Trump answers the question: What is 2+2? "I have to say a lot of people have been asking this question. No, really. A lot of people come up to me and they ask me. They say, "What's 2+2"? And I tell them look, we know what 2+2 is. We've had almost eight years of …