Reading archive 2023-04-14

The Christines take their final bow: How 6 leading ladies helped make ‘Phantom’ a Broadway phenomenon

Opinion  Clarence Thomas enters the danger zone

The Dianne Feinstein situation turns ugly: Here’s how accusations of ‘dereliction of duty’ and sexism break down, and where things go from here

India’s population overtakes China’s, but numbers mask a bigger story - "Sitting in the dry, April heat of north India, Malika said she never learned to read because her migrant worker parents moved the family to faraway Punjab. She never wanted her fourth child, Malika said, but became pregnant because she and her husband feared wearing condoms would give him tumors.

"'It’s very stressful to have so many children,' Malika said as Roza, her second child, clung to her leg, wailing for attention. 'What’s happened has happened. At least it was a son.'"

Former DCRA Director Accused in Whistleblower Lawsuits Is Back: Melinda Bolling departed as director of DCRA in 2018 and left behind two whistleblower lawsuits, one of which cost taxpayers $200,000.