Opinion | What J.D. Vance Believes
In 2016, J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” made him one of America’s leading interpreters of Trumpism, offering a personal narrative of populism’s origins in working-class disarray. In 2024, as…
The Disturbing Truth About Hair Relaxers
The phone rang incessantly in Dr. Tamarra James-Todd’s office at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “I’m sorry,” she said, excusing herself for the third time. “It’s happening a…
43 Tony Nominees and the Shows That Shaped Them
“My mime teacher had a double-jointed hand, and she taught me this skit about a dying butterfly in a forest. You find the dying butterfly, and you pick it up…
What Really Happened Inside Miss USA?
Laylah Rose says she won her first pageant at the age of 2. With dark, glossy hair and a measured smile, she went on to enter many more. Yet, even…
Corporate Landlords’ Profits Soar as Tenants Drown in Rent Hikes and Fees | naked capitalism
Yves here. Despite a very favorable CPI report, readers have continued to complain during the weeks going into the data release about inflation. Some experts contend that this unhappiness and…
For Rogue Smoke Shops in New York, the ‘Party’s Over’
Gold balloons announcing the “GRAND OPENING” of Zaza City Convenience in southeast Queens were still floating in the shop last month when the authorities cleared its shelves of cannabis and…
Heatwaves Ripple into the Financial System | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post contains a careful and credible analysis of how marked deviation from normal temperature levels (here in the hot direction in Mexico) increases default levels, which then…
Weakened Leaders of the West Gather in Italy to Discuss an Unruly World
When Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy convenes the leaders of the Group of 7 countries on Thursday at a luxury resort hotel overlooking the Adriatic Sea, she might be…
In China’s Backyard, America Has Become a Humbler Superpower
Far from Ukraine and Gaza, as the Group of 7 wealthy democracies gathers in Italy to discuss a range of old, entrenched challenges, the nature of American power is being…
New York Cannabis Program Becomes Field Day for Private Equity Exploitation, Including Predatory Loans, Overpriced Leases to Store Owners | naked capitalism
Yves here. The New York City publication THE CITY and reporter Rosalind Adams deserve a round of applause for their in-depth reporting in State Cannabis Officials Repeatedly Raised Alarms to…