Underworld Turns

Federal agents storm Los Angeles Fashion District

Federal agents carried out a raid in Los Angeles’ Fashion District on Thursday, putting vendors and shoppers on edge. Videos from Union del Barrio and Citizen.com showed agents at Maple Avenue and East 11th Street in the heart of the wholesale apparel zone. Witnesses reported that agents moved through the area, visiting vendors and requesting […]
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How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America

Once again, the response was quick, fuming, and filled with falsehoods. On January 7, about five hours after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis fatally shot a woman in her SUV, President Donald Trump addressed the reckless killing in a social-media post: The victim, he said, “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over […]
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New York City DOI & a bold vision for oversight

Today is my last day as commissioner of the Department of Investigation (DOI), New York City’s independent inspector general. DOI’s mission is to investigate corruption, fraud and waste in city government and to strengthen policies and procedures that promote integrity, efficiency and transparency. The agency’s independent and apolitical work can and should be a key component of Mayor Mamdani’s ambitious plan to “transform and reinvent” government so that it can improve New Yorkers’ lives.
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Hawaii at the British Museum

Hawaii at the British Museum

I claim no expertise whatsoever in Hawaiian art (and I declare an interest as I am a trustee of the British Museum). But the Museum’s new exhibition, “Hawai‘i: a kingdom crossing oceans”, of which I have just had a preview, is an eye-opener. It is not just the extraordinary ceremonial cloaks made of feathers (or […]

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