Is a $500 Marathon Shoe You Can Race In Only Once Worth It?
When Ashley Mateo went through a recent track workout, something felt different. She hit her intervals faster than usual, her heart rate was lower, and her feet felt lighter. When…
DeSantis Leans Into Vaccine Skepticism to Energize Struggling Campaign
Gov. Ron DeSantis had hoped that his response to the coronavirus pandemic, which helped propel him to a resounding re-election in Florida last year, would produce similar results in the…
Opinion | The Democrats Are Their Own Worst Enemy
When it comes to economics, the authors say, Democrats have too often pursued the interests of their own elites and donors. Since the 1990s, the party has pursued policies that…
Looking for a Slam-Dunk Place to Eat? Just Ask an N.B.A. Player.
Pick a city, any city, on the National Basketball Association’s 30-team circuit, and Kelly Olynyk, a forward for the Utah Jazz, has deep knowledge of the local restaurant scene. If…
Progressive Freshmen Toil to Find Their Footing in a Hard-Right House
When Representative Becca Balint saw on an encrypted text chain she uses to communicate with other Democratic women that Republicans planned to try to censure a fellow progressive, Representative Rashida…
Amid Regulatory Gaps, Telehealth Prescribers Flourish | naked capitalism
By Teresa Carr, a Colorado-based investigative journalist and the author of Undark’s Matters of Fact column. Originally published at Undark. I started with a Google search for prescription medications I might…
Egypt Is Playing an Extremely High-Stakes Game in Gaza That Could End in Genocide | naked capitalism
Yves here. Korybko does not elaborate on the reasons for Egypt to reject taking refugees from Gaza. One is that, as Korybko points out, that Israel might not let them…
Plaintiffs in Mammoth RICO/Swiss Law Suit Versus Credit Suisse, Many Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Egregious Misconduct | naked capitalism
Last June, we posted on a blockbuster suit, Stevenson v. Thornberg against Credit Suisse New York entities, a rogues’ gallery of Credit Suisse top brass, and KPMG partners who worked…
‘More Than Just Rugby’: Championship Generates Harmony in South Africa
The towering hall thundered with the euphoria of a nation where everyone seemed, for the moment, to have left their differences behind. The celebrants spoke Zulu, Sotho, Tswana, Afrikaans and…
Kenyan Runners Set the World’s Pace, Chased by a Doping Crisis
Several factors make Kenya’s doping crisis unlike others, according to Clothier, of the integrity unit. These include the place of running as an escape from poverty in Kenya, one of…