Michael Tilson Thomas’s long tenure leading the San Francisco Symphony has ended, with less fanfare than expected. Continue reading After 25 Years, San Francisco’s Maverick Conductor Moves On

“Eschaton” was meant to be an in-person immersive experience. But its creators have pivoted to invite audiences to visit the “nightclub” virtually instead. Continue reading And in the Next Zoom Room, a Rat Doing a Striptease

Six hundred people live at the back of Belmont Park, caring for about three times as many horses. Continue reading At Belmont’s Backstretch, Caring for Horses During the Shutdown

Khalifa Hifter saw the collapse this week of his 14-month campaign to capture Tripoli from a government backed by the U.N. and Turkey. Continue reading Libyan Commander Backed by Russia Says He’s Ready for Talks to End War

Yousef was just 13 when his family left Syria for Europe. Five years later, he’s adjusting to life separated from his three sisters and the ups and downs of adolescence. Continue reading His Family Fled Syria. He Didn’t Cry Until He Heard About His Sisters.

A black hole was seen shooting electrified gas and energy into space. Each blob contained about 400 million billion pounds of matter. Continue reading Watch This Black Hole Blow Bubbles

Across the country, artists have created portraits of George Floyd, Amadou Diallo, Eric Garner and others as markers of pain and loss. Continue reading Paint Fades, but Murals Remember People Killed by Police

Restaurants get eulogies. Airlines get bailouts. Shakespeare gets kicked when he’s down. Continue reading The End of College as We Knew It?

It is an attack on civil society and democratic accountability. Continue reading The Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It.

I suppressed my rage about racism for decades. No more. Continue reading I’m Finally an Angry Black Man