Stomping black platform boots. Burst of pink, purple, and blue lights. Smoke wraps the front stage inside a packed 3,500-person venue in Istanbul as six figures emerge, dressed in lace, fur, and chains. The singers move in formation; it’s not quite K-pop crisp, not quite riot grrrl wild, but something …
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In 2013, I met a 12-year-old Syrian girl who had been shot in the back by a government sniper near Aleppo. Her name was Maysaa, and she was paralyzed from the waist down. “Am I a terrorist? Are all of the children they kill terrorists?” she asked, recuperating in an …
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Eric Adams wanted to see the world, to see it in style. But he wasn’t a rich man, just a former cop and rising politician in a largely ceremonial job, Brooklyn Borough President. Luckily for him, there were a number of benefactors who federal prosecutors say were ready to help …
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