Opinion | Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?
For some people, social media is inconsequential — a cat photo here, a banana slip TikTok there. For others, it’s all-consuming — a helpless catapult into a slurry of anxiety,…
Opinion | Mahmoud Abbas Must Go
The Palestinian people will not accept being led by any party after the war that does not emerge from Palestinian elections, or perhaps in the first stage, a unity government…
Kendra’s Law Was Meant to Prevent Violence. It Failed Hundreds of Times.
After John Skeene served prison time for beating his mother to death with a chair leg, after he attacked a man with a radiator cover and threatened to murder his…
Coming Soon: A George Santos Documentary Focusing on His ‘Human Side’
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman trying to parlay his notoriety into a cottage industry, is now participating in a documentary film project on his colorful lies, life and times.…
Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay’s Work
Harvard’s president, Dr. Claudine Gay, is accused of lifting words, phrases and sentences from other sources without proper attribution. Most, if not all, of the examples below are written in…
Renowned Political Scientist: Can We Really Save American Democracy? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Readers will hopefully be relieved that interviewee Benjamin Page, who in an important paper found that typical US voters have almost no influence over policy, mentions in passing…
In a Win for the Climate, Urban Speed Limits Are Dropping | naked capitalism
Yves here. Once in a while, there is some good news on the environmental front. I wonder if the same trend toward lower city speed is operative in Europe, or…
Key Hamas Plotters of Oct. 7 Elude Israel’s Grip on Gaza
Fluttering down from the skies over Gaza on a recent day were clouds of fliers dropped by the Israeli military asking for tips on the whereabouts of top Hamas leaders.…
War in Ukraine Has China Cashing In
On China’s snowy border with Russia, a dealership that sells trucks has seen its sales double in the past year thanks to Russian customers. China’s exports to its neighbor are…
The Colorado Court That Barred Trump: Appointed by Democrats but Narrowly Split
The Colorado Supreme Court, which barred former President Donald J. Trump from the state’s primary ballot, is composed of seven justices who were all appointed by Democratic governors. Justices on…