
Laura Brickman
@lfbrickman


Jon Favreau When he was a cardinal in Buenos Aires, the future Pope Francis rejected the chauffeured limousine services provided to this predecessors. He instead rode the subway and bus every day for four decades. Why? He said Christ wanted shepherds who were close to their flock.





Ukraine’s pavilion at the Venice Biennele is a reimagining of heritage and wartime reconstruction. New for The Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com/vernacular-har…


I fled Iran as a child, carrying in my heart the memories of women beaten in the streets for daring to wear makeup, of girls whose only crime was letting a strand of hair escape their scarves, and of neighbors dragged off to prison for refusing to bend to the regime’s cruelty.









BREAKING: Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi announces that Iranian security officials who want to defect & join the revolution are contacting him. Today, he’s creating a mechanism for them to sign up to the cause. Their security will be guaranteed in exchange for joining the revolution


