A Union That Felt Like ‘a Love Letter to Black Culture’
“That first date consisted of music, food and exploration,” he said. “After that, every other date kind of followed that same formula.” In June 2016, Mr. Thompson moved to New…
Reparations Are a Financial Quandary. For Democrats, They’re a Political One, Too.
What should Americans pay for the legacy of slavery and a century of Jim Crow segregation? For decades, the question was mostly academic. Then it was seized on by Democrats and…
US debt ceiling: Democrats and Republicans agree deal in principle, Joe Biden says
In a statement, President Biden described the agreement as a compromise which was good for the country “because it prevents what could have been a catastrophic default and would have…
Indiana funeral director found with dozens of rotting bodies guilty of theft
Among the allegations in filed court documents are that a number of families received what they believed to be the ashes of their loved ones, only to be contacted by…
Links 5/28/2023 | naked capitalism
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American Officials Erase US Role in Empowering Their New Number One Enemy China | naked capitalism
As Washington increasingly inflates the China threat, a few pieces of sly propaganda to sell that conflict are coming more into focus. Recent speeches devoted to China by key figures in…
Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising — And Getting Weirder | naked capitalism
By Elisabeth Rosenthal, Senior Contributing Editor, Health News Analysis, joined KFF Health News in 2016 as Editor-in-Chief after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times. Originally published…
Opinion | Holding Out for a Hero in the G.O.P.
At this point, it seems a little gratuitous to pick at the scab of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s not-so-dazzling presidential campaign opening. Let us just stipulate that when your long-anticipated announcement…
Opinion | The Right Is All Wrong About Masculinity
There is a certain irony in discussions of masculinity. The group that is most convinced of a crisis of masculinity, the American right, is also busy emasculating itself before our…
Opinion | Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Human Mind
Imagine I told you in 1970 that I was going to invent a wondrous tool. This new tool would make it possible for anyone with access — and most of…