Can we stop being tricked into subscriptions?
Ms Holubowskyj says that there’s been a shift in the consumer mindset in recent years which means we are now used to paying for products and services on a monthly…
The EU Sows the Seeds of Its Own Destruction | naked capitalism
Working class Europeans are increasingly facing declining living standards and are turning against the EU. The war in Ukraine and the energy crisis has exacerbated this trend, and national governments…
Opinion | It’s Not Too Late for the Republican Party
Donald Trump this month became the first former or incumbent American president to be charged with crimes against the nation that he once led and wishes to lead again. He…
Opinion | Death and Displacement Return to Darfur
The roots of the conflict run deep, right into the bedrock of modern Sudan, which was created almost 70 years ago by foreign rulers, who cobbled together a nation from…
Opinion | The Legal Foundation of Women’s Sports Is Under Fire
The transgender athletes intervened in the case, with the aid of the A.C.L.U., and argued that “Title IX does not require sex-separated teams or an equal number of trophies for…
Opinion | As a Gay Man, I’ll Never Be Normal
LGBT folks have a peculiar interest in normalization. Normalize men in dresses. Normalize trans athletes. Normalize throuples. Normalize fetishes. Here a norm, there a norm, everywhere a norm norm. Every…
Guatemala Picks a New President: What You Need to Know
Guatemala, Central America’s largest nation, will vote on Sunday in presidential elections that are casting scrutiny on the erosion of the rule of law in a country that has become…
Here’s a Look at the Water Crises That Might Be Coming to You Soon
Bangladesh is a land of water. Its silty rivers rush down from the Himalayas, spill into a filigreed maze of ponds, wetlands and tributaries before emptying into the blustery, black…
3M Offers $10.3B Settlement Over PFAS Contamination in Water Systems – Now, How Do You Destroy a ‘Forever Chemical’? | naked capitalism
Conor here: The following article is a nice summary of just how difficult it will be to deal with PFAS Contamination, although it skips over the history of destructive behavior…
Taiwan Faces a #MeToo Wave, Set Off by a Netflix Hit
In the past few weeks, a wave of #MeToo allegations has raced to the very top of Taiwan’s political, judicial and arts scenes, forcing a new reckoning of the state…