As the U.S. military fully withdraws from Afghanistan, the founder of the country’s only all-girls boarding school anxiously watches the resurgence of the Taliban—which brutally suppresses the education of women and girls—and hopes that Kabul remains safe. A historian talks about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about McDonald’s and its complex relationships with Black franchise owners, workers, and communities. Plus, the food-and-drink writer Helen Rosner picks three cocktails to toast the reopening world.
Afghanistan’s Only All-Girls Boarding School Fears for the Return of the Taliban
The militants brutally oppose the education of girls. The founder of School of Leadership Afghanistan anxiously watches their resurgence, hoping that Kabul remains safe.
The Golden Arches in Black America
The historian Marcia Chatelain talks about her Pulitzer Prize-winning book about McDonald’s and its complex relationships with Black franchise owners, workers, and communities.
Helen Rosner’s Summer Drinks
The food writer picks three cocktails to toast the reopening world, and mixes them on her colleague Michael Schulman’s baking-hot roof.
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