The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth | naked capitalism
Yves here. After televised coverage of the horrors of the war in Vietnam helped fuel opposition to it, the US, with many other governments following it, has sought to keep…
A Year After Dobbs, Republicans Push Into Risky Territory on Abortion
In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, one of the country’s most emotionally charged issues has come to be defined by two seemingly contradictory political realities.…
Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent | naked capitalism
Yves here. Matt Bruenig presents what ought to be cheery news, that in the post Roe v. Wade world, abortions have not fallen by very much despite many states having…
What to Know About the Missing Titan Submersible and the Race to Find It
A submersible watercraft with five people on board has been missing since Sunday after setting out to explore the site of the Titanic shipwreck in the North Atlantic. The vessel…
Blinken Visit Reveals Chasm in How U.S. and China Perceive Rivalry
An austere greeting on the airport tarmac in Beijing sans a red carpet. A stone-faced handshake from China’s top foreign policy official. A seat looking up at the Chinese leader,…
Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E.
When Jeffrey Vlk played running back in high school in the 1990s and then safety in college, he took and delivered countless tackles during full-contact football practices. Hitting was a…
Federal Policy on Homelessness Becomes New Target of the Right
The bipartisan approach that has dominated federal homelessness policy for more than two decades is under growing conservative attack. The policy directs billions of dollars to programs that provide homeless…
With Pandemic Aid Ending, Vermont’s Homeless Are Forced From Hotels
As his few remaining hours with a place to live ticked by last Thursday, Scott Alexander panhandled near a McDonald’s in Brattleboro, in southern Vermont, while running through a mental…
They Were Captured by the Russians. Then the Hardest Fight Began.
Shot through the jaw and tongue by a sniper’s bullet last year in the last days of the grinding siege at the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine, Senior Sgt. Maksym…
Return to Office Enters the Desperation Phase
Manny Medina, the chief executive of a Seattle-based artificial intelligence sales company, doesn’t mind repeating himself. It comes with the territory, after all. That tolerance proved convenient this year as…