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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Southwest Airlines Cuts Flights in Atlanta
Southwest Airlines has made a number of unpopular moves over the past several months and weeks, highlighted by the airline's decision to end its longstanding "bags fly free" policy. Now, the airline has made yet another unpopular decision. As detailed by a piece from Emma Hurt of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week, Southwest Airlines has cut more than a third of its schedule at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, the busiest airport in the world. While Delta Air Lines dominates the airport, accounting for about 80 percent of the flight capacity at Hartsfield-Jackson, Southwest has long been the second-largest carrier in Atlanta. But with these recent cuts, it seems like only a matter of time before it no longer holds that status. The move has been unpopular amongst customers, with the AJC highlighting one longtime Southwest customer who has now abandoned his loyalties to Southwest. 'Southwest never gave me a reason to shop around,' Atlanta-based filmmaker Adelin Gasana told the AJC. 'It was just my go-to … but this is the first time I've been shopping around for domestic flights.' Southwest flight attendants aren't necessarily happy, either. Alison Head, an Atlanta-based flight attendant for Southwest who represents the base on the Transport Workers Union's executive board, expressed concern about the cuts. 'Morale is very uneasy as we've watched other carriers come into Atlanta,' she wrote. She went on to criticize the airline for presumably valuing profits and stock market perofmance over the people and service. 'We feel like we're up against Wall Street,' Head said. 'Southwest has always been known for the 'LUV,' (its stock market ticker symbol) and we feel like they're not willing to protect the 'LUV' like they once were.' Clearly, this is yet another unpopular move from the airline. Southwest Airlines Cuts Flights in Atlanta first appeared on Men's Journal on May 30, 2025 Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
17 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Labor Department to shutter Job Corps centers, including two in Georgia
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer stands behind President Donald Trump after he signs executive orders in the Oval Office on April 23, 2025. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and Secretary of Education Linda McMahon look on. (Photo by) Job Corps centers in Albany and Brunswick are set to shut their doors by June 30 after the U.S. Department of Labor announced plans to suspend operations at nearly 100 locations nationwide. The Job Corps program dates back to 1964 and was created as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's 'War on Poverty.' The program, which claims to be 'the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country,' works by providing low-income students ages 16 to 24 with housing, education, career training and employment assistance, primarily in industries like manufacturing, construction and health care. However, the program encountered serious hurdles during the COVID-19 pandemic, and currently faces a $140 million budget deficit that Department of Labor officials estimate could grow to $213 million by next year. The federal agency cited a report from April highlighting metrics like the average annual cost per student, average total costs per graduate and total violent crime rates. 'Job Corps was created to help young adults build a pathway to a better life through education, training, and community,' U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement. 'However, a startling number of serious incident reports and our in-depth fiscal analysis reveal the program is no longer achieving the intended outcomes that students deserve.' In total, 99 centers that are run by contract agencies will be forced to close should the plan take effect. An additional 24 centers owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not be affected by the closures. Atlanta is home to the program's Region 3 office, overseeing centers across Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The Department of Labor said it plans to arrange transportation back home for roughly 25,000 currently enrolled students, and to connect them with other educational and employment resources. It is unclear how many students across Georgia will be affected. Calls to the Atlanta-based Jobs Corps office were not answered and emails sent to two top officials received a bounce back message. Lawmakers in Congress were quick to push back against the sudden closures, citing a long history of bipartisan support for the program. 'The Job Corps program is the embodiment of a hand up and not a handout,' said U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, an Albany Democrat who co-chairs the bipartisan Congressional Job Corps Caucus. 'It provides workforce skills and training that empower participants to become self-sufficient and productive citizens. Today's foolish action by the White House and the United States Department of Labor to close the Job Corps program will shatter the dreams and aspirations of tens of thousands of promising students.' Critics of the closures, including the National Job Corps Association, have also argued that the data used to compile the report is misleading, since it focuses solely on metrics from 2023, a year when the program was still struggling to recover from pandemic-era hurdles that lowered enrollment and graduation numbers. Notably, this is not the first time President Donald Trump's administration has targeted the Job Corps program for closures. Sonny Purdue, the former Georgia governor who later served as Agriculture Secretary in the first Trump Administration and is now the chancellor of the Georgia Board of Regents, also attempted to shutter nine Job Corps centers and transfer an additional 16 centers to private contractors back in 2019. However, he quickly dropped the bid after encountering fierce congressional pushback — including from then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump orbit rewarded in year since criminal conviction
It's been one year since President Trump was found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to keep alleged affairs secret during his 2016 campaign, enshrining him in history as the first former commander in chief to be convicted of a felony. Now back in the White House, his world looks very different — and those who remained by his side have reaped the benefits. Trump's defense attorneys are now serving at the Justice Department's highest levels. His allies who showed up to the trial have been rewarded with Cabinet posts and even the vice presidency. Trump is also continuing to fight his legal woes, with two major appeals court battles set for June. Here's where everything stands one year later. After retaking the White House, many of Trump's personal defense attorneys filled top Justice Department positions. Todd Blanche, Trump's lead counsel at the hush money trial, serves as deputy attorney general. His right-hand man, Emil Bove, now works as Blanche's deputy. The duo has made aggressive moves, including the controversial dismissal of New York City Mayor Eric Adams's (D) corruption case. Bove's tenure at the department may be quickly coming to a close, however. This week, Trump said he was nominating Bove to a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. D. John Sauer, who successfully argued Trump's presidential immunity claims before the Supreme Court that stymied several of his criminal cases, now spearheads the administration's efforts at the high court as solicitor general. Sauer's office has brought more than a dozen emergency applications to the justices seeking to lift lower court injunctions blocking Trump's policies. Meanwhile, Harmeet Dhillon, who supported Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and represented him in a 14th Amendment challenge to his 2024 candidacy, oversees the Justice Department's civil rights division. She has reshaped the division's priorities, causing an exodus of lawyers. And Alina Habba came to the White House to serve as counselor to the president. Habba, known for her television appearances attacking the cases against Trump, worked on Trump's civil fraud prosecution brought by the New York attorney general and the defamation cases brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. In March, Trump named Habba as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey. In that role, she has brought criminal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over a scuffle at a Newark immigration facility. But not all lawyers entered the administration. Steve Sadow, Trump's lead counsel in his Georgia criminal case concerning his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, had no interest. Sadow is a longtime Atlanta-based defense attorney who has represented several other prominent clients, such as Usher and Rick Ross. 'I have never been a prosecutor and never will be. It just not in my makeup,' Sadow said in November after Trump's election victory. Trump's criminal trial became a critical stop for his strongest GOP allies and those vying to join his future administration — and showing up paid off. Vice President Vance, then a Republican senator from Ohio, joined Trump's courtroom entourage on the first day of testimony from fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen. He questioned Cohen's credibility as a witness on social media and, outside the courthouse, accused the Manhattan prosecutors trying the case of being 'Democratic political operatives.' Then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who called the proceeding a 'scam trial' outside the courthouse, is now Interior secretary. On Thursday, Trump named Paul Ingrassia, who attended the trial and liveposted a flood of pro-Trump content, to lead the office charged with prosecuting misconduct in the federal workforce. And Susie Wiles, who was a senior adviser to Trump's presidential campaign, attended parts of the trial and was later named his White House chief of staff. Some Republican allies initially rewarded have ultimately seen those rewards falter. Trump initially named ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general, but Gaetz withdrew after it became clear he would not earn enough support in Congress. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) was tapped as ambassador to the United Nations, but Trump later asked her to withdraw over fear of losing her congressional seat. And former presidential candidate-turned-Trump-surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy was set to join the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) cost-cutting mission alongside billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk but departed to run for governor of Ohio. Trump's personal legal woes fell into the background after he became president, but some of his biggest cases are returning to the limelight. On June 11, Trump's hush money conviction heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit for oral arguments. The president is attempting to move his case out of New York state court — where Trump has long complained he isn't being treated fairly — and into federal court. If successful, the move would provide Trump a pathway to assert immunity and other defenses that could see his 34-count felony conviction tossed. Sullivan & Cromwell now helms the president's defense after many of his mainstay lawyers moved into the Justice Department. The Justice Department is now going to bat for Trump, filing a friend-of-the-court brief backing the president's position. 'To hold otherwise would risk incentivizing state and local prosecutors to manipulate trial dates and the timing of evidentiary submissions in the most high-profile of cases,' the Justice Department wrote in its brief. Trump's attorneys will face off against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's (D) office, which brought the hush money prosecution. The office argues Trump's bid to move courts is dead now that he's been sentenced. Nearly two weeks later, the same court on June 24 will hear Trump's appeal of a jury's verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million to Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. The Justice Department is attempting to come to Trump's rescue in that case, too. In April, the department again asked to substitute the government as the defendant in Carroll's lawsuit. It had done so at the onset of the case before abandoning the effort in 2023, during the Biden administration. 'I don't need to tell you that Robbie and I are ready for the fight, do I?' Carroll wrote on Substack last month, referencing her attorney, Robbie Kaplan. The trial was the second time a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll. He also was ordered to hand over $5 million in her separate lawsuit, a verdict the 2nd Circuit upheld in December. And in the state courts in New York, Trump awaits an appeals panel's decision in its review of the state's civil fraud case against him, which ended in a nearly $500 million judgment against him and his business. The panel heard arguments in September and seemed wary of the massive financial penalty. A decision could come at any time. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
20 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Trump orbit rewarded in year since criminal conviction
It's been one year since President Trump was found guilty on all counts of falsifying business records to keep alleged affairs secret during his 2016 campaign, enshrining him in history as the first ex-commander-in-chief to become a convicted felon. Now back in the White House, his world looks very different — and those who remained by his side have reaped the benefits. Trump's defense attorneys are now serving at the Justice Department's highest levels. His allies who showed up to the trial have been rewarded with Cabinet posts and even the vice presidency. Trump is also continuing to fight his legal woes, with two major appeals court battles set for June. Here's where everything stands one year later. Trump's defense lawyers become the prosecution After retaking the White House, many of Trump's personal defense attorneys filled top Justice Department positions. Todd Blanche, Trump's lead counsel at the hush money trial, serves as deputy attorney general. His right-hand man, Emil Bove, now works as Blanche's deputy. The duo has made aggressive moves, including the controversial dismissal of New York City Mayor Eric Adams's (D) corruption case. Bove's tenure at the department may be quickly coming to a close, however. This week, Trump said he was nominating Bove to a judgeship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. D. John Sauer, who successfully argued Trump's presidential immunity claims before the Supreme Court that stymied several of his criminal cases, now spearheads the administration's efforts at the high court as solicitor general. Sauer's office has brought more than a dozen emergency applications to the justices seeking to lift lower court injunctions blocking Trump's policies. Meanwhile, Harmeet Dhillon, who supported Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and represented him in a 14th Amendment challenge to his 2024 candidacy, oversees the Justice Department's civil rights division. She has reshaped the division's priorities, causing an exodus of lawyers. And Alina Habba came to the White House to serve as counselor to the president. Habba, known for her television appearances attacking the cases against Trump, worked on Trump's civil fraud prosecution brought by the New York attorney general and the defamation cases brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll. In March, Trump named Habba as interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey. In that role, she has brought criminal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over a scuffle at a Newark immigration facility. But not all lawyers entered the administration. Steve Sadow, Trump's lead counsel in his Georgia criminal case concerning his efforts following the 2020 election, had no interest. Sadow is a longtime Atlanta-based defense attorney who has represented several other prominent clients like Usher and Rick Ross. 'I have never been a prosecutor and never will be. It just not in my makeup,' Sadow said in November after Trump's election victory. Trump's allies rewarded Trump's criminal trial became a critical stop for his strongest GOP allies and those vying to join his future administration — and showing up paid off. Vice President Vance, then a Republican senator for Ohio, joined Trump's courtroom entourage on the first day of testimony from fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen. He questioned Cohen's credibility as a witness on social media, and outside the courthouse, accused the Manhattan prosecutors trying the case of being 'Democratic political operatives.' Then-North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who called the proceeding a 'scam trial' outside the courthouse, is now Interior secretary. On Thursday, Trump named Paul Ingrassia, who attended the trial and live tweeted a flood of pro-Trump content, to lead the office charged with prosecuting misconduct in the federal workforce. And Susie Wiles, who was a senior advisor to Trump's presidential campaign, attended parts of the trial and was later named his White House chief of staff. Some Republican allies initially rewarded have ultimately seen those rewards falter. Trump initially named ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for attorney general, but Gaetz withdrew after it became clear he would not earn enough support in Congress. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) was tapped as ambassador to the United Nations, but Trump later asked her to withdraw over fear of losing her congressional seat. And former presidential candidate-turned-Trump-surrogate Vivek Ramaswamy was set to join the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) cost-cutting mission alongside billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk but departed to run for governor of Ohio. Where Trump's legal troubles stand Trump's personal legal woes fell into the background after he became president, but some of his biggest cases are returning to the limelight. On June 11, Trump's hush money conviction heads to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit for oral arguments. The president is attempting to move his case out of New York state court — where Trump has long complained he isn't being treated fairly — and into federal court. If successful, the move would provide Trump a pathway to assert immunity and other defenses that could see his 34-count felony conviction tossed. Sullivan & Cromwell now helms the president's defense after many of his mainstay lawyers moved into the Justice Department. The Justice Department is now going to bat for Trump, filing a friend-of-the-court brief backing the president's position. 'To hold otherwise would risk incentivizing state and local prosecutors to manipulate trial dates and the timing of evidentiary submissions in the most high-profile of cases,' the Justice Department wrote in its brief. Trump's attorneys will face off against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's (D) office, which brought the hush money prosecution. The office argues Trump's bid to move courts is dead now that he's been sentenced. Nearly two weeks later, the same court on June 24 will hear Trump's appeal of a jury's verdict ordering him to pay $83.3 million to Carroll, the longtime advice columnist who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. The Justice Department is attempting to come to Trump's rescue in that case, too. In April, the department again asked to substitute the government as the defendant in Carroll's lawsuit. It had done so at the onset of the case before abandoning the effort in 2023, during the Biden administration. 'I don't need to tell you that Robbie and I are ready for the fight, do I?' Carroll wrote on Substack last month, referencing her attorney, Robbie Kaplan. The trial was the second time a jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll. He also was ordered to hand over $5 million in her separate lawsuit, a verdict the 2nd Circuit upheld in December. And in the state courts in New York, Trump awaits an appeals panel's decision in its review of the state's civil fraud case against the now sitting president, which ended in a nearly $500 million judgment against him and his business. The panel heard arguments in September and seemed wary of the massive financial penalty. A decision could come at any time.
Elle
21 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Bestselling Author Kennedy Ryan Wants Publishing to ‘Let Her Cook'
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In an early chapter from Can't Get Enough, the latest New York Times bestselling romance novel from author Kennedy Ryan, the ambitious businesswoman Hendrix Barry tells an audience of potential investors that 'there's no such thing as Black Girl Magic.' Cue the shock. She continues, 'I know as soon as I said that, many of you inwardly responded the way my grandfather did when I was growing up in the country: The hell you say. I know that for many of you, shoot, for me, there was a time when questioning Black Girl Magic would feel like sacrilege.' But, she finishes, 'We are not magic. We are resilient. It's not a wand. It's work.' Ryan is careful to outline the many differences between herself and her heroine. But, in this instance, Hendrix seems to speak directly from the author's own experience. 'I just said to my husband the other day, 'There's got to be an easier way to make a living,'' Ryan jokes from her office in North Carolina, from which she joins a Zoom call with me mere days before the release of Can't Get Enough. Ryan's success, like Hendrix's, has been a long time coming. Starting out in the '90s as a journalism graduate from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill—go Heels—she spent years writing and ghostwriting for nonprofits, churches, and, really, 'anywhere I could,' she says. When she later gave birth to a son who was eventually diagnosed with autism, she adjusted most of her work to focus on advocacy. She wrote for Chicken Soup for the Soul and parent-focused magazines; she launched an Atlanta-based nonprofit to serve individuals with autism and their families. But the constant intensity of this work, in addition to the personal demands of parenting her son, found her bereft of a creative outlet. Throughout much of her youth, she'd found solace in romance novels. Why not try writing one of her own? Thus Ryan began a draft of the book that would one day become Before I Let Go, the first installment in the Skyland trilogy, now finalized with Can't Get Enough. In 2013, she secured a book deal with Hachette Book Group, and though she (temporarily) put Before I Let Go aside, she rolled out what would become known as the Bennett series, kickstarting her author career. From then on, Ryan became a publishing force to be reckoned with. Over the ensuing years, she built a backlist—and, she's quick to add, a brand—as a hybrid author, straddling the worlds of traditional publishing and self-publishing in the romance genre. In 2019, she became the first Black author, ever, to win the RITA Award in the Best Contemporary Romance: Long category, bestowed by the Romance Writers of America, an organization long mired in controversy thanks to its mishandling of diversity, equity, and inclusion. (The RWA has since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, though it is still active.) Ryan entered one of her self-published titles, Long Shot, into RITA consideration on something of a dare. 'I remember being on Twitter at the time, and there was this hashtag #RITASoWhite, the same way they had, like, #OscarsSoWhite,' Ryan says. 'And so many people were saying, 'Well, the reason there's never a Black author winning is because they just never enter.' And I was like, 'No…I think it's systemic.'' The RITAs had been handing out awards for nearly 40 years before a Black author won. 'I think there's something else to it,' Ryan deadpans. Even after she made history as a RITA winner herself, Ryan realized she wasn't satisfied with proving her point in only one gatekept space. 'I started looking around and not really seeing Black romance authors very much on the New York Times list,' she says. 'We weren't on shelves. There wasn't much visibility for our books, really, at all. I started thinking about the brand I had built, which was a brand that had something to say. Not that nobody else did, but I had a very clear sense of who I wanted to center and celebrate.' She didn't want to write to fulfill trends or tropes, or to surpass a sales goal. She didn't want to give readers a shiny alternative universe in which to reside, even if, as a requirement of the romance genre, her books had to have happy endings. She wanted to push the 'discourse' further. In the acknowledgments section of Can't Get Enough, Ryan writes, 'No one wonders about weightier issues being broached in literary fiction or crime novels or any other genre. Why must romance remain agnostic on the most urgent issues of the day?' In our interview, I asked Ryan to elaborate on this idea further. How does she think about romance writing, if it's not simply about that all-important Happily Ever After? 'I am not approaching romance from a place of escape,' she tells me. 'I'm approaching romance from a place of activism. I want to talk about the destigmatization of mental health in marginalized communities. I want to talk about domestic abuse, and I want to talk about it in the context of a patriarchal culture that values paternal right over women's and children's safety. In a romance novel? Yes, in a romance novel.' She wants to deliver the big-picture issues in a package her readers will appreciate. Take Hendrix in Can't Get Enough. This is a protagonist, Ryan argues, with a 'sense of agency, a woman who believes that her body is her own, a woman who has goals and dreams.' She begins the novel as a single 40-something businesswoman, childless by choice, with a substantial income and a group of loyal, adoring friends. When she meets the tech mogul Maverick Bell, she's attracted to him not on account of his money, but because of his respect for her. He sees her. He values her. He shares her commitment to investing—fiscally and emotionally—in Black communities. He empathizes with Hendrix's grief as she struggles with her mother's Alzheimer's diagnosis. And yet Hendrix still hesitates to begin a relationship. She doesn't want to abandon her ambitions to buoy a man's own success; she's seen it happen too many times before. Maverick, ultimately, must convince her he's worthy of her affections—and that he doesn't want her to contort the life she's built. 'When I'm writing all of that, it's not to escape from real life,' Ryan says. 'It's to say, 'This is not too much to ask for in real life.'' The RITA win had presented Ryan with an opportunity: She could broaden her reach (and her message) amongst readers, but do so on her terms. She revisited her draft of Before I Let Go and reestablished her relationship with Hachette, outlining from the jump what she wanted for her next round of traditionally published books: Black women on the cover. 'Natural hair. Pigmentation,' Ryan lists. Her Hachette imprint, Forever, 'listened, which doesn't always happen.' Before I Let Go became a fan favorite after it was published in 2022, and Ryan secured a deal with Peacock to adapt the book—and, by extension, what would become the Skyland series, including the New York Times bestselling follow-ups This Could Be Us and Can't Get Enough—for television. Ryan continues, 'I think it makes a real difference when we as Black artists get to shape things around who we know is our most predictable, reliable reader, which is a Black woman. A lot of times people are like, 'Gosh, why don't Black books sell?' And I'm like, 'No, you don't know how to sell Black books.' And if you would listen to the people who create them, if you would give them aid and creative agency and voice, your bottom line would improve.' When Hachette gave her that agency and that support, Ryan says, she allowed herself to dream big. 'I was like, 'What if this series does what I hope that it could do? I could see Black women on shelves. I could see Black women on billboards. I could see Black women, potentially, one day, on television, thanks to a book I wrote.'' Ryan laughs, delighted. 'And it's so funny, because all of those things have happened or are happening.' Now, Can't Get Enough is a hit; the Skyland saga is in active development at Peacock ('We're still working, and as soon as they say I can announce things, I will,' Ryan teases); and Ryan is at work on the next book in her Hollywood Renaissance series, titled Score. Anyone who has spoken with her for more than a few minutes knows she's the kind of person who practically vibrates with joy—there's a reason she's been dubbed 'Queen of Hugs' amongst fans—but that enthusiasm hasn't made her frustrations with the publishing industry any less acute. She doesn't want to be one of only a handful of Black romance authors who get this level of visibility, especially given that her own visibility pales in comparison to that of many white authors. She continues, 'I am frustrated by the fact that we can't figure out the systems that make it harder for Black women to break through. And it's funny because I hear some readers say, 'Kennedy Ryan is not the only Black romance author! There's a whole bunch of others!' And I get it. Because it's always been this way, not only in publishing but in entertainment in general, only allowing so many of us [Black women] through at a time.' Ryan doesn't want to be an outlier. She wants her success to represent one drop in a sea change. 'We need more Black editors,' she says. 'We need more Black publishers. We need more Black agents. And not just Black—brown, queer, marginalized. We need them in acquisition and editorial roles. When we don't have that, we have people who may not actually know our community making decisions about our art.' She pantomimes a conversation with a publisher. 'You have all these resources, and I respect that. We have this experience and talent and voice. When those two things align, and you give us space?' She grins. 'Like the kids say…'Let her cook.''
