Opinion | The Science of What We Eat Is Failing Us
The World Health Organization recently advised people to avoid using artificial sweeteners for weight loss or to reduce their risk of health issues like heart disease and diabetes. This was…
Profit Inflation Is Real | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post is a bit technical because Servaas Storm finds it necessary to go into the weeds on profit inflation, as in whether corporations jacking up prices under…
En Argentina, la inflación supera el 100 por ciento (y los restaurantes están llenos)
Las copas de vino tintineaban en una joya culinaria art nouveau que se regodeaba en su esplendor restaurado. Era la noche de las degustaciones en esta cafetería de más de…
Juneteenth in Brooklyn: Red Velvet Cake Served With a Side of History
All afternoon, people lined up for Shelly Flash’s specialties: jerk cheese nachos and jerk chicken dinner tacos — that’s chicken, coconut rice, black beans, sweet plantains, pickled slaw, chipotle aioli…
In Argentina, Inflation Passes 100% (and the Restaurants Are Packed)
Wine glasses clinked in an Art Nouveau culinary gem basking in its restored splendor. It was tasting night in the more than century-old coffeehouse turned restaurant at the old Buenos…
Russia Sought to Kill Defector in Florida
Mr. Fuentes and his wife were told to leave, but security cameras captured the incident. Two days later, he tried to fly to Mexico, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
In Rush to Arm Ukraine, Weapons Are Bought but Not Delivered, or Too Broken to Use
Ukraine has paid contractors hundreds of millions of dollars for weapons that have not been delivered, and some of the much-publicized arms donated by its allies have been so decrepit…
G.O.P. Leaders Embrace Early Voting, but Will Their Base Get on Board?
After years of deriding early and mail-in voting, claiming they lead to fraud and help Democrats to steal elections, top Republicans are changing their position, leading to a split in…
DOJ probe finds MN police pattern of violating rights
The Justice Department accused Minneapolis police Friday of engaging in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discriminating against Black and Native American people following an investigation prompted by the…
Obesity surgery offers teen a ‘new life’
Teens with severe obesity are turning to surgery and new weight loss drugs in the United States. Children and their parents say the aggressive measures are necessary after years of…