Only a fraction of funds needed to provide aid to millions in the war-torn country is secured, the groups say. Dozens of aid groups have called for more donor funding to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of Yemen, warning that inaction would lead to “catastrophic consequences” for people in the war-ravaged country. “Underfunding poses a challenge to the continuity of …
How Jonathan Franzen became America's most divisive novelist Getty Images After 20 years at the top, Franzen is celebrated and scorned in equal measure. Some, like Emily Gould in Vanity Fair, see Franzen's books as representative of a gilded white male literary presence – "the Jonathans" – to be deplored, and speak darkly of Franzen's "primal sin". What will remain …
