Listen Early to ‘This American Life’: Is That What I Look Like?
On This Week’s Episode: You’ve been seeing yourself, getting to know what you look like, your whole life. So why does it often take an outsider to see things about…
Nasrallah’s Speech Confirms that “MAD” Has Been Reached Between Israel-US & the Resistance Axis | naked capitalism
Yves here. We also note in Links that Nasrallah engaged in a lot of threat display but said Hezbollah would escalate only in the event Israel. The tone of the…
Why Fossil Fuel Companies Can’t Leave Resources Stranded | naked capitalism
Yves here. Notice that all these arguments about the primacy of the needs of fossil fuel industry needs versus, ultimately, the survival of civilization as we know it, boil down…
Will Abortion Dominate the 2024 Elections? Tuesday Will Offer Clues.
Abortion has emerged as a defining fault line of this year’s elections, with consequential contests in several states on Tuesday offering fresh tests of the issue’s political potency nearly 18…
Lauren Boebert Wants ‘Mercy.’ Some Republicans Want an Alternative.
At a casino bingo hall in southwestern Colorado, Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman, bounced her 6-month-old grandson on her knee. “The election’s still a ways away,” she said, as the…
WeWork Bankruptcy Would Deal Another Blow to Ailing N.Y. Office Market
For years, landlords around the world clamored to get WeWork into their office buildings, a love affair that made the co-working company the largest corporate tenant in New York and…
Look, Up in the Sky! It’s a Can of Soup!
Exactly a decade ago, Amazon revealed a program that aimed to revolutionize shopping and shipping. Drones launched from a central hub would waft through the skies delivering just about everything…
Chapter 3: Bargaining for Time
Arti Kumari, 22, crouched on a dusty dirt track in a runner’s lunge, waiting to spring forward as soon as her mother started the clock. Although Arti had risen before…
How the New York City Marathon Is Supporting New Moms on Race Day
For most of her life, Molly Huddle had a fairly simple routine before the start of a race. Huddle, an elite runner, would pack a bag, eat a pre-race meal,…
Did Fake Donors Give the Mayor Real Money? The F.B.I. Wants to Know.
It is a type of scheme that took down New York’s lieutenant governor last year, and sank the 2013 mayoral campaign of a top Democratic contender: the use of so-called…