Ravaged Israeli Border Community Ponders: What’s Next?
The kibbutz’s pub looks much as it always has. Trophies won by the communal village’s soccer team, the Kfar Aza Foxes, line a shelf above the bar. Residents, young and…
The Power Vacuum at the Top of the Crypto Industry
The price of Bitcoin is surging again. Major financial firms are showing renewed interest in digital currencies. And crypto fanatics are celebrating the end of a long period of depressed…
What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates
A few years ago, interest in offshore wind energy was so strong that developers proposed spending tens of billions of dollars to plunk hundreds of turbines the size of skyscrapers…
Could Two Working-Class Candidates Return Nebraska and West Virginia to Their Roots? | naked capitalism
By Steve Early, a member of Progressive Alliance and author of “Save our Unions.”Originally published at Common Dreams. The major parties on Capitol Hill like to boast about how much…
Opinion | Anti-Chinese Laws Are on the Rise. We’ve Been Through This Before.
In the late 1950s, my parents tried to buy land in northern New Jersey on which to build a home. But no one would sell to them. A real estate…
What It Feels Like to Be the Target of China’s Water Cannons
The Filipino fishers on wooden boats waved at our vessel, a Philippine fisheries boat, from less than a mile away, but no one on our ship dared to move. Encircling…
Corporate America Is Testing the Limits of Its Pricing Power
Alexander MacKay coleads the Pricing Lab at Harvard Business School, a research center devoted to studying how companies set prices. Since the pandemic, he has watched how businesses have become…
In Maine, a Mother’s Lonely Quest for Her Missing Son
For nine straight mornings last December, and again in the fading light of dusk, Tammy Lacher Scully left her home in Belfast, Maine, and drove a mile to the convenience…
As Harvard President Faces Pressure to Resign, Some Faculty Show Support
The president of Harvard University, Claudine Gay, faced escalating pressure on Sunday to resign as prominent alumni, donors and politicians called for her ouster. But a group of faculty members…
Gazans Mass at Border for Safety, but Find Only More Peril
The last point of refuge for Palestinians fleeing from Israel’s relentless siege of Gaza is collapsing under the weight of tens of thousands of people seeking food and shelter, stirring…