Day: November 2, 2019

How Kanye West’s Controversial “Jesus Is King” Is Dividing the Christian Community

November 2, 2019
On Jesus Is King, Kanye West depicts himself as a lonely martyr barred from the Christian kingdom. “They’ll be the first one to judge me / Make it feel like nobody love me,” he says of Christians in “Hands On.” In another track, “Selah,” he compares himself to a Biblical patriarch: “Before the flood, people…

Owe Lunch Money? Don’t Plan on Going to Prom

November 2, 2019
Caroline Torres, right, and Lamar Robinson prepare after-school meals at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey.Credit...Sarah Blesener for The New York TimesNov. 1, 2019Updated 11:08 a.m. ETA suburban New Jersey school system has wrestled for months with a problem common in other districts: an accumulating pile of student lunch debt.The policy in Cherry Hill…

Brexit, California Wildfires, Floppy Disks: Your Thursday Evening Briefing

November 2, 2019
Oct. 24, 2019(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest.ImageCredit...Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images1. Boris Johnson is anteing up the Brexit stakes.The British prime minister challenged lawmakers to approve a general election on Dec. 12, his latest effort to break the deadlock and throw Brexit back to voters.He is…