Seeking Love, With Help From the City Government
The hotel ballroom was filled with pink balloons, the sound of love songs and 100 singles gathering for a night of wine, getting acquainted and — fingers crossed — romance.…
Native Americans Caught in Border Strife on Their Own Land
It was pitch black when the Border Patrol rolled up to Raymond Mattia’s home on a remote corner of the Tohono O’odham reservation in southern Arizona, investigating a report of…
Opinion | If Mike Pence Is a Big Hero, We’re in Big Trouble
I assume you disagree? Bret: I always thought the sole purpose of capital punishment was justice, so even if the death penalty did deter violent crime, that argument wouldn’t hold…
How Long Will Interest Rates Stay High?
Dr. Alice Mills was thinking of selling her veterinary practice in Lexington, Ky., this year, but she decided to put the move off because she worried that it would be…
A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry
Arthur AI, an artificial intelligence company in New York, received a message in April last year from a start-up called OneOneThree. Yan Fung, OneOneThree’s head of technology, said he was…
A Fed Official Wonders: ‘Do We Need to Do Another Rate Increase?’
John C. Williams, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, thinks that the central bank’s push to cool the economy is near its peak and that he…
A Tiny Gap Reveals a Yawning One for the U.S. Women’s Team
Even in the highest-resolution image, examined up close, there was not so much as a discernible sliver of daylight. The margin by which the United States was eliminated from the…
What Can Social Movements Learn From Gramsci in Today’s Uncertain Times? | naked capitalism
By Mark Engler and Paul Engler. Research assistance provided by Sean Welch. Mark Engler is a writer based in Philadelphia and an editorial board member at Dissent. He is the…
Xi Remade China’s Military to His Liking. Now a Purge Threatens Its Image.
As Xi Jinping has entrenched his hold on power in China, he has likened himself to a physician, eradicating the toxins of corruption and disloyalty that threaten the rule of…
In War on Congestion Pricing, Governor Turns to Courts and Trash Talk
Even by New Jersey standards, a news conference Gov. Philip D. Murphy held to announce that he was suing the Biden administration over New York’s plan to charge drivers to…