The official blog of the Politic
A handwritten chalkboard listing daily offerings and local favorites hangs next to the display counter at Scratch Baking, a small bakery in Milford, Connecticut. Lines often flow out the door as new faces and regulars stop by for their morning…
It was a little past 4:45 in the afternoon, and I was hurrying to pick up my fifth-grade brother and his friends from soccer practice. As I approached the field, one of his teammates pointed sharply in my direction and…
Over two decades ago, Babra Ontible Bhebe was working in Binga, a remote area in the northeastern region of Zimbabwe. As a temporary teacher, she taught many students from the most impoverished villages in her country. Often, students made the…
Meredith Turner knew she wanted to “go Greek” after watching a step performance at Howard University. The Delta Sigma Theta sorority mesmerized Turner, a senior in high school at the time. Once she arrived at college in the fall, Turner’s…
“Faschisten sind keine alternative für Deutschland.” Fascists are not an alternative for Germany. “Kein platz für nazis.” No place for Nazis. “Nie wieder ist genau jetzt.” Never again is right now. From Berlin to Munich and from Hamburg to Dresden,…
Anne Fadiman lives in Western Massachusetts, where each morning she reads the print edition of The New York Times, purchased from the gas station by her husband, and The Daily Hampshire Gazette, which waits for her at the end of…
With faces weathered by sun and sea and eyes crinkled from years battling salt water, the individuals sitting in the council room wear their lifetimes on their flannel sleeves. Idle hands, etched with scars and calluses, tell the story of…
When The Beatles flew from Liverpool, England to New York City in 1964, they had no idea they would become some of the most important men in music history. Sporting shiny black boots, perfectly starched suits, and identical mop-top hairstyles,…
