Sonia Paul

Is the U.S. Becoming an Autocracy? Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.

It's hard to overestimate what's been happening in the United States. This piece draws a strong parallel to Hungary and is worth reading even if you already know the answer to this question.

Why this Yale professor is fleeing America NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

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Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

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A letter to readers Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, executive chairman of The Times, writes to readers about new features on The Times site, including the live video stream and the Insights feature.

This comes after LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong wrote a letter today announcing "an AI-driven feature" that offers "an instantly accessible way to see a wide range of different AI-enabled perspectives."

It's day one, and it's already bothsides-ing the KKK.

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India, a Big Source of Illegal Migration, Hopes to Navigate the Trump Storm Fear and uncertainty are rippling through India, which sends more undocumented migrants to the United States than any other country outside Latin America.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/w...

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Sprint to Remake Meta for the Trump Era After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are jus...

Here we go... www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/t...

Alice Munro’s Passive Voice The celebrated writer’s partner sexually abused her daughter Andrea. The abuse transformed Munro’s fiction, but she left it to Andrea to confront the true story.

Rachel Aviv is in a class of her own www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

This cookbook is unlike any other from India. Pass the honeycomb, please! In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of documentation. We interviewed Patole — and are sharing some of his recipes.

In Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, Shahu Patole pays tribute to a cuisine that has long been considered not worthy of documentation. We interviewed Patole — and are sharing some of his recipes.

Opinion | What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans’ Health Care Anger As a doctor, I’ve been on both sides of frustrating health care debacles.

This is my second original post on this app. Don't really have the energy or the time to be very online anymore, but I'll try to share pieces that bear reading beyond the news of the day. This is definitely one of them. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/o...

My Life As a Homeless Man in America An extraordinary firsthand account.

This is my first post on this app. Hope those who come across this link will read the story in its entirety www.esquire.com/news-politic...