Opinion | The Problem of Campus Speech Is Even Harder Than You Think
It was a relief to learn of the arrest last week of a 21-year-old Cornell University student for threatening to rape and murder Jews on campus in reaction to the…
Abortion Rights Fuel Big Democratic Wins, and Hopes for 2024
Democrats won decisive victories in major races across the country on Tuesday evening, overcoming the downward pull of an unpopular president, lingering inflation and growing global unrest by relying on…
Opinion | Win or Lose, Nikki Haley Knows How to Run
She’d need to continue dominating debates; she’d need to not fade or completely lose it when Mr. Trump turns a real attack on her; and more than anything she’d need…
Behind Hamas’s Bloody Gambit to Create a ‘Permanent’ State of War
Some factions had signed accords with Israel, meant to pave the way for a two-state solution. The Palestinian Authority, envisioned as a Palestinian government in waiting, had limited authority over…
Environmental Groups Cut Programs as Funding Shifts to Climate Change
A significant shift in donor contributions to nonprofits fighting climate change in recent years has left some of the nation’s biggest environmental organizations facing critical shortfalls in programs on toxic…
Opinion | ‘He’s 80 Years Old, and That Colors Every Impression Voters Have’: Three Writers Dish on Biden and the G.O.P.
Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted a written online conversation with Katherine Mangu-Ward, the editor in chief of Reason magazine, and Nate Silver, the founder and former editor of…
A New Law Supercharged Electric Car Manufacturing, but Not Sales
President Biden’s signature climate law has stimulated a surge of investment in electric vehicle production across the country, including tens of billions of dollars on battery plants across the South…
What Did the Houthis’ Attempted Bombing of Israel Aim to Achieve? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Andrew Korybko provides a useful update on the Houthis so-far eyepoking of Israel (not that they have the military clout to do all that much more). One bit…
PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet | naked capitalism
Yves here. We’ve written regularly against the government looting known as public-private partnerships, or PPPs. They are based on the bogus premise that companies that take over the provision of…
Ivanka Trump to Testify in Fraud Suit Against Family Business
Ivanka Trump on Wednesday will become the fourth member of her family to testify in a civil case brought by the New York attorney general, offering her own response to…