Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Richard Murphy provides a not-bad list of why the current crop of politicians in the US and UK is so piss poor. Any additions? By Richard Murphy, a…
A Stunning Merger Angers Athletes
After the Saudi government created an upstart professional golf tour in 2021 to compete with the PGA — the world’s most prestigious tour, based in the U.S. — top PGA…
Turned Away and Left at Sea
Matina Stevis-Gridneff contributed reporting. Special thanks to Fayad Mulla. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica…
A ‘Dystopian Nightmare’ Unfolds in Sudan’s Battered Darfur Region
The gunmen arrived at dawn on motorcycles, horses and in cars. For hours afterward, they fired into houses, rampaged through shops and razed clinics, witnesses said, in a frenzied attack…
The G.O.P. Has Drifted, but Mike Pence Is as Conservative as Ever
Mike Pence is the most conservative candidate competing for the presidency. The former vice president wants abortion banned from the point of conception. He’s the only major candidate calling for…
André Leon Talley’s ‘Sanctuary’ in White Plains, N.Y., Is for Sale
For the last 18 years of his life, André Leon Talley — Vogue’s pioneering creative director — lived in a stately center-hall colonial in White Plains, N.Y. Mr. Talley died…
Crypto Crackdown: Coinbase and Binance Lawsuits Shake Markets
In more blows to the cryptocurrency sector, two of its biggest players were sued this week by the Securities and Exchange Commission: On Monday, the agency filed charges against Binance,…
From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, Wildfires Spread Across Canada
More than 400 active wildfires were burning across Canada on Tuesday night, according to the authorities, exacerbating a wildfire season that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of…
Russia and Saudi Arabia’s Oil Partnership Shows Strain
For most of the last six years, the leaders of Russia and Saudi Arabia worked with each other to control the global oil market during times of war, pandemic and…
Opinion | America’s Steadfast Resistance to Black Advancement
Johnson vetoed the act in part because the citizenship provision would immediately make citizens of native-born Black people while European-born immigrants had to wait several years to qualify for citizenship…