The 346,000 inhabitants of the seaport of Niigata, 160 miles north of Tokyo, have long regarded themselves as fortunate. In earthquake-prone Japan, Niigata had never been hit by a temblor. During World War II, Niigata suffered only minor U.S. air raids. On the August day in 1945 when the atom bomb was first dropped on Japan, Niigata was the alternate target in case of bad weather. But the skies that day had been clear over Hiroshima.
Led Zeppelin I Reissue Album Review: 45 Years Later
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For as long as rock criticism has existed, or arts criticism in general for that matter, critics have gotten it wrong. Our system is one built on the shifty variable that is human perception: criticism is an inexact science, a snapshot of a single moment. Things change, and with change comes an adjusted perspective.
Martin O'Malley Sings and Plays the Guitar on Wall Street
September 10, 2015 4:19 PM EDT
To raise awareness about campaign contributions, the Independent Journal asked former Maryland governor and presidential candidate Martin O’Malley to see how much money he could make singing and playing his guitar on Wall Street.
Dressed in his “everyman” outfit of a t-shirt and jeans, O’Malley sang “This Land is Your Land” outside of the New York Stock Exchange.
After an hour, O’Malley walked away with a $1.
Mia Wasikowska Picks Her Most Influential Photo Of All Time
November 17, 2016 7:00 AM EST
To celebrate the launch of TIME’s new multimedia project – 100 Photographs: The Most Influential Images of All Time – we asked leaders in a number of fields, from technology to the arts to business, to share the single photograph that most influenced their lives. Purchase the 100 Photographs book now.
My mother took this photo in 1998. She had left Poland with her mother when she was 11 years old.
Miss AI: The world's first beauty pageant for only AI women
Contestants must adhere to strict criteria, requiring them to be entirely AI-generated with no other natural input. Anyone can enter by submitting an AI-generated image of a woman. Just like in a pageant, the creator of the AI woman will answer questions about the creation process and the entrant's vision for a better world. ADVERTISEMENT
Thousands of entries are expected, with finalists whittled down to a top 10 before a final three compete in an online awards ceremony.
Modern Hanukkah Traditions Show Us That Extremism Will Fail
“Ours is the dark house with no lights.”
This is how Sammy, the protagonist in Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans, identifies his Jewish family’s home as they pull into the driveway from a night at the movies in New Jersey. It’s December 1952, and the reason the house is dark, according to the logic of the 2022 film, is that the Fabelmans are Jewish: Against the backdrop of the eye-catching Christmas lights displayed by their neighbors, they light a single menorah in the front window to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that commemorates the re-dedication of the Temple after a successful revolt against the Greek empire by a group of religious zealots, known as the Maccabees.
Narges Mohammadi Is on the 2024 TIME100 List
By Nadia Murad
April 17, 2024 7:02 AM EDT
I wish I had known as a young girl growing up in rural Iraq that women like Narges Mohammadi existed. The men in charge of my country, like so many leaders around the world, tried to convince women and girls that no one fought for us, that our lives were less important, that protests were useless, and that imprisonment—the punishment for any defiance—meant silence.
NO FRIENDS, NO ENEMIES, JUST INTERESTS
Jesse Jones’s Houston CHRONICLE:
IT is high time the United States quit throwing money and materials around the world like a drunken sailor and settled on a foreign policy clearly consonant with our national interests first and foremost. We pile deficit on deficit until we threaten ourselves with bankruptcy.
The British still operate on the maxim of one of their great statesmen that England has no friends, no enemies, but only interests.
Orange Is the New Black Stars Talk Body Image on Cover of 'Essence'
June 4, 2015 11:05 AM EDT
To demonstrate “sexy at every size,” Essence put the stars of hit Netflix show Orange Is the New Black on the cover, and the stars had a lot to say about body image.
Laverne Cox, a transgender activist and actress who portrays Sophia on the show, talked about how she sets aside time to actively learn to accept her body. “This is intense, and it’s hard,” she told Essence.
R.O. Kwon on the Parents Who Regret Having Children
No one regrets having a child, or so it’s said. I’ve heard this logic often, usually after I’m asked if I have children, then, when I say I don’t, if I plan to. I tend to evade the question, as I find that the truth—I have no plans to be a parent—is likely to invite swift dissent. I’ll be told I’ll change my mind, that I’m wrong, and that while I’ll regret not having a child, people don’t regret the obverse.