Foreigners Who Made Ukraine Home Stay Put, Despite War
It was just three months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, but Marwa Yehea wanted to return to her home in Kyiv. Ms. Yehea, 31, who is…
A.I. Can Make Art That Feels Human. Whose Fault Is That?
This was the year — ask your stockbroker, or the disgraced management of Sports Illustrated — that artificial intelligence went from a dreamy projection to an ambient menace and perpetual…
San Francisco’s Montgomery Street Could Signal a Downtown Revival
It seemed like the last place one might invest a billion dollars on an office building in October 2020. San Francisco’s downtown symbolized all that had gone wrong with American…
India’s Russian Oil Imports Helped Prevent A Global Polycrisis | naked capitalism
Yves here. It may seem as if India is making a tall claim to justify the way it ignored US/EU sanctions on Russian oil, or alternatively, is trying to burnish…
A Pint of Wine? Britain Plans to Bring Back an Old-Fashioned Measure.
In 2024, the Brits will be able to drink like Winston Churchill again. The government announced on Wednesday that it would allow stores and pubs to sell pints of wine,…
Huge Capital Investment Required for U.S. Electric Industry’s Decarbonization | naked capitalism
Yves here. The thesis of this article should not come as any surprise, that US electric utilities need to make very large investments in order to stop generating power from…
The Building Spree That Reshaped Manhattan’s Skyline? It’s Over.
The Manhattan office construction boom is over. Just three large office towers — of more than 500,000 square feet — are being built across New York City, with two expected…
How Columbia’s President Has Avoided Fallout Over Israel-Hamas Protests
In the weeks after Oct. 7, Columbia University was the scene of rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war on American college campuses. A Jewish student said he was assaulted after…
In Bid to Slow Migrant Surge, Adams Restricts Bus Arrivals Into New York
Mayor Eric Adams placed limits for the first time on Wednesday on how migrants arrive in New York, pushing back against continuing efforts by the governor of Texas to send…
‘We Are Not Equipped to Deal With This’: Migrant Surge Overwhelms U.S. Border
At a remote spot in the Arizona desert, near a hole in the border wall, dozens of migrants huddled over wood fires. After fleeing war in Sudan, violent gangs in…