“The True Shocking Driver of Crime in America” | naked capitalism
Yves here. While this post contains a lot of persuasive anecdata, as in Thom Hartmann pointing out many cases where dire poverty did not lead to crimes against property, his…
The Culture of the CIA, a First Look | naked capitalism
Yves here. Thomas Neuburger continues his series on how the CIA evolved into its current form. By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies John Kennedy and Allen Dulles (Bettmann/Corbis)…
‘I Will Never Forget Any of It’: Brittney Griner Is Ready to Talk
When she arrived in Moscow, she stopped in customs before her transfer flight to Yekaterinburg, a smaller city where her Russian team was based. She loaded her carry-ons onto the…
Before the Violence, U.C.L.A. Thought a Tolerant Approach Would Work
It was an example of a tolerant campus, where a burgeoning pro-Palestinian encampment might be left alone even as student protesters were arrested across the nation. Free speech would be…
Tesla staff say entire Supercharger team fired
The division responsible for the car-maker’s huge fast-charging network is being axed to cut costs.
In Charlotte, a City Mourns Its Officers, and Asks What Went Wrong
As a corrections officer in North Carolina, Sam Poloche had long found being out in the field much more rewarding than working at a desk. So, in 2013, he eagerly…
He Won by a Landslide. Why Is He Fighting for His Political Life?
The last time Ben Houchen ran to be mayor of Tees Valley, a struggling, deindustrialized region in northeastern England, he stormed to victory with almost 73 percent of the vote.…
Two Men Are Charged Over the Felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree
Two men in their 30s were charged on Tuesday in connection with the chopping down last year of the 200-year-old Sycamore Gap tree, which stood in a dip along Hadrian’s…
Princeton University Art Museum Gets Six Site-Specific New Works
Princeton University has a long history of commissioning public art by the likes of Henry Moore, Louise Nevelson, Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso, dating back to the 1960s. And when…
Paul Auster’s New York Tragedy
I first became aware of Paul Auster, who died on April 30, from reading old issues of The Columbia Review when I was a student at the university. He translated…