Donald Trump assails Rupert Murdoch over defamation testimony
The media mogul’s emails reveal he told a Fox executive: “We want to make Trump a non person.”
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses re-election bid
She was the first black woman and the first openly gay person to serve as head of America’s third-largest city.
US Capitol riot tip-offs were ignored, government watchdog finds
The FBI and other agencies failed to act on “potential violence planned for that day”, the report finds.
US Supreme Court casts doubt on student loan forgiveness
The court weighs Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan that would relieve debt for 40 million Americans.
JetBlue plane and Learjet involved in near miss at Boston Logan Airport
US air safety officials say a small jet took off without clearance as a JetBlue flight tried to land.
The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science | naked capitalism
By KLG, who has held research and academic positions in three US medical schools since 1995 and is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean. He has performed and directed…
How Private Equity Bribes Public Pension Fund Officials: Subsidized/Fund-Paid Lavish Travel and Entertainment | naked capitalism
Bloomberg’s Neil Weinberg peels back yet another layer of the soft corruption that pervades private equity dealings with modestly-paid public pension fund officials in a new article, Tuscany for $200?…
Many Undocumented Immigrants Are Departing After Decades in the U.S.
In August 2021, more than three decades after sneaking across the southern border as young adults to work and support their families in Mexico, Irma and Javier Hernandez checked in…
How Paul Vallas Went From Electoral Also-Ran to Chicago Front-Runner
CHICAGO — When Paul Vallas ran for mayor of Chicago four years ago, it did not go well. He finished in a distant ninth place, winning only 5 percent of…
Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing | naked capitalism
Yves here. In a bit of synchronicity, Dr. Kevin just sent an article from New Scientist, Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood. One hates to…