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Jones: Open seat deserves an open debate
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For the first time in nearly 50 years, voters in Massachusetts’ Sixth Congressional District will elect a new representative to an open congressional seat. Following the Sept. 1 primary, I challenged my Democratic opponent, Dan Koh, to participate in three debates before the general election. Since then, proposed debates at Endicott College and in Swampscott have fallen through due to Koh’s refusal to accept the respective invitations.
Flying blind economically, thanks to the shutdown
On Nov. 7, America will likely wake up to yet another month without a jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The federal shutdown has silenced the agency responsible for the most basic economic truth-telling we have. Independent statistics—the foundation for how we measure growth, employment, and wages—are being withheld. Trillions of dollars in investment decisions, federal policy choices, and family budgets depend on this data. Without it, we’re flying blind. Why does this matter?
Trump is not the labor president he claims to be
Government should exist to ensure people have a fair shot—not just the wealthy or the well-connected, but the millions who are the heartbeat of America. To be that voice, leaders must defend worker rights, protect their health, and invest in their future. Donald Trump, during his rallies, fashioned himself as that champion. “I’ve dealt with unions my whole life,” he said.
Trump's firing of BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer should alarm every American
President Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer last Friday should alarm every American. Having served as chief of staff at the Department of Labor, overseeing the BLS, I know firsthand the importance of protecting the integrity of our nation's economic data. Though lesser-known than the Federal Reserve, the BLS plays an equally critical role in signaling the health of our economy to markets around the globe.
Offsides with Pablo Torre: The Real Reason Trump Is Attacking Harvard
Jen is still on vacation, but that doesn’t mean you’re not getting an episode of Offsides with Pablo Torre! Pablo is joined by Dan Arrigg Kohn to discuss Trump’s ongoing war against Harvard, continued chaos and incompetence at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense, and Pablo’s impressive investigative work on the infamous Bill Belichick Ring cam video.
On exposure and protection: “REFUGE” by The Observatory
On the black vinyl floor, a thin layer of grey shimmers gently. Under this translucent fabric, a silhouette: curved, foetal, hidden from our view—for now. Moments before crossing the theatre’s threshold, Johari Kazura from Sifr Aromatics greets us at the front-of-house with scents created just for “REFUGE”. They’re meant to evoke the damp of forest floor mulch and the pungent musk of animal droppings. After talking us through these olfactory layers, he offers to dab the perfume on our wrists.
“SUARA / ORO RUA”: language fails as the earth speaks
A hush falls over the audience as the theatre’s lights dim and a low, guttural sound rumbles forth from behind closed curtains. This grows into a wave of human voices that crests as the curtains rise. A naked rock face looms over ten bodies that lie in tattered, mud-coloured garments. Their lips do not move; it is as if the rocks themselves are sounding a quiet alarm.
A National Day baby reviews “National Day Charade”
Go up to any Singaporean and sing them two words from any National Day song. Go on, I dare you. “Stand up ____” “This is ____” “Count on ____” “One people, ____” Well, not every song, I suppose—but those from Singapore’s equivalent of the “Disney Renaissance”, that golden decade of patriotic earworms from the 1980s to the 1990s. Our Pavlovian instincts are strong with these ones, and writer-director Thomas Lim knows it.
The death of the critic, or why it’s really hard to write a bad review in Singapore today
One of the foundational things you learn when improvising and devising scenes in the theatre is the invitation “yes, and”. You learn that there are an infinite number of ways to say yes. Yes, and? Yes, and— Yes, and... It’s a shorthand for what improvisers call “accepting offers” that propel a scene forward, even if these ideas and interjections come from left field. It’s also a term that’s easily misunderstood.
Mother knows best: grief, memory and trauma at the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival
“Is the trauma the encounter with death, or the ongoing experience of having survived it?”– from Unclaimed Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History (1996) by Cathy Caruth “The Prophet said, ‘Stay with [your mother], for Paradise is beneath her feet.’” – Sunan al-Nasa’i 3104 My mother is still haunted by my grandmother’s death 15 years ago, which was a difficult one. I once asked her how often she dreams of her own mother.
#84: Pritam Singh in trouble, and Dan Koh dreams of Malaya
Dear reader, In “Singapore This Week”, we analyse the event that’s enlivened some Singaporeans, and enraged others, in a possible general election (GE) year: the Attorney-General’s Chambers has charged Pritam Singh, the Workers’ Party chief and leader of the opposition, with two counts of lying to a parliamentary committee. (He’s pleaded not guilty and is claiming trial.) What were the alleged lies? And how might a guilty verdict affect the opposition’s prospects at the GE?
‘La Luna’: Malayan dreaming
First appearing in an 1836 map, where it was mangled as “Brass Bassa Road”, Bras Basah Road is still misspelt from the Malay beras (“harvested rice, with the husk removed”), while basah means “wet” or “soaked”. The riverbanks of Sungei Bras Basah were where wet rice from trading boats was spread out to dry; it’s now the paved-over Stamford Canal, parallel to Stamford Road. This was a rather risky place for unattended beras: the high tide once flooded over, resoaking them.
Mayfly Docus: “Die Tomorrow” and “14 Apples” at SIFA’s “Singular Screens”
By Dan Koh (1,715 words, 15-minute read) At this year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), the two films from Southeast Asia are documentaries, or hybrid-documentaries—just like last year’s three, curiously.
Data Drives Boston: A SPARK Boston Chief Chat with Dan Koh, Andrew Therriault, + Howard Lim
Follow this event to get an email the next time it’s scheduled. Join SPARK Boston and General Assembly for Data Drives Boston: A SPARK Boston Chief Chat with Dan Koh, Andrew Theriault, + Howard Lim. Come learn more about what these three are doing to keep Boston at the forefront of data-driven solutions. Be ready to hear some big ideas and bring your burning questions for Dan, Andrew, and Howard.
General Assembly - Data Drives Boston: A Spark Boston Chief Chat With Dan Koh, Andrew Therriault, + Howard Lim
Join SPARK Boston and General Assembly for Data Drives Boston: A SPARK Boston Chief Chat with Dan Koh, Andrew Theriault, + Howard Lim. Come learn more about what these three are doing to keep Boston at the forefront of data-driven solutions. Be ready to hear some big ideas and bring your burning questions for Dan, Andrew, and Howard.
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