Kanye West named Donda Academy after his late mother. But according to one of its recently fired teachers, the deeply troubled school is an insult to her legacy. And the problems go much deeper than sushi. Cecilia Hailey, an ex-teacher at West’s secretive Donda Academy, told The Daily Beast that she believes the students are … Read more
“I hope you’ll make black holes,” Stephen said with a broad smile. We exited the cargo lift that had taken us underground into the five-story cavern housing the ATLAS experiment at the CERN lab, the legendary European Organization for Nuclear Research near Geneva. CERN’s director general, Rolf Heuer, shuffled his feet uneasily. This was 2009, … Read more
The Cardcaptor Sakura anime premiered more than 25 years ago this month, and my insides are turning to dust just thinking about it. Based on the beloved manga by artist collective CLAMP and animated by the well-known studio Madhouse (Death Note, Monster), the TV adaptation debuted in Japan on April 7, 1998. It would go … Read more
It’s “just” a civil case, no felonies for undermining democracy, but the trial centered on former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll suing Donald Trump for battery is scheduled to begin on April 25. The charge of battery includes any unwanted assault or touching. The trial should be a doozy with head-turning implications for … Read more
My grandfather died six years ago this September. At the time, I lived in a grungy, musty, dimly lit two-bedroom apartment in the heart of East Lansing, Michigan. It was about 500 square feet on a good day. The lone window in the “living room” only saw about two hours of sunlight from dawn till … Read more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Royalist, The Daily Beast’s newsletter for all things royal and Royal Family. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Sunday. Prince Harry phoned home Prince Harry spoke to his father, King Charles, before making his decision to come to the coronation, British tabloid the Sun on Sunday … Read more
San Diego, CA — When I think of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)—and what inspired the program more than a decade ago, namely the sketchy legal status of Dreamers (undocumented young people who came to the United States as children)—my mind goes to seesaws. DACA participants get a renewable two-year visa that lets them … Read more
When the news broke that a boat with the bodies of more than a dozen African refugees washed up on the shores of Tobago, a few miles away from my home, my family believed it was an ominous sign. It was May 2021, only two years after we had left America to escape the racism … Read more
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) hasn’t been in the Senate since February. Sick with a shingles infection, she was hospitalized in early March, then returned to her home in San Francisco to recuperate. Feinstein “remain[s] committed to the job,” she said in a statement Wednesday. But commitment doesn’t confirm judges, and Feinstein’s absence has stalled President … Read more
Making random strangers cry is all in a day’s work for Donald Trump, if the former president is to be believed, and Colin Jost just doesn’t get it. “Why is everyone in Trump’s stories always crying?” That’s the question Jost asked near the top of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” and a query that has … Read more