The Increasing Trumpification of TikTok
Donald Trump isn’t on TikTok. And he may not need to be, as his allies and surrogates transform it in his favor. The social-media platform, though still regarded as a…
Biden Plans to Give Kenya Key Ally Designation During Its Leader’s Visit
President Biden will designate Kenya on Thursday as a “major non-NATO ally,” according to a U.S. official, a move that reflects the president’s determination to deepen relations with the East…
Baltimore’s Unprecedented Overdose Crisis: 5 Takeaways
The city once had an aggressive overdose prevention strategy, but as officials became preoccupied with other crises, many of their efforts stalled. Reporters for The Banner teamed up with The…
Almost 6,000 Dead in 6 Years: How Baltimore Became the U.S. Overdose Capital
This is the first part in a series exploring Baltimore’s overdose crisis. People in Baltimore have been dying of overdoses at a rate never before seen in a major American…
They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving
Late last year, Zackary Smigel, a YouTube creator, made a video titled “Why Is YouTube Like This?” By “this” he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have…
A Promise of ‘No Man Left Behind’ Leads to a Forest in England
The blackened site of the plane crash, overgrown with rhododendron bushes and hidden in the quiet woodlands of eastern England, had for 80 years been the final resting place of…
Collapse of the Thwaites Glacier Has Accelerated | naked capitalism
Yves here. We have yet another cheery sighting on the state of global warming, in the form of a Thwaites Glacier update. By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at God’s Spies…
N.Y.C. Public Schools Will Send 8th Graders to Visit Holocaust Museum
As tension continues to simmer over the Israel-Hamas war, New York City officials have embraced a privately funded initiative to send all eighth graders in public and charter schools to…
Defense Strategy in Gilgo Murder Case: Blame a Corrupt Police Chief
After Rex Heuermann was arrested last summer and then charged with murdering four women whose bodies were found in 2010 along Gilgo Beach on Long Island, prosecutors disclosed a barrage…
Stage Collapses at Campaign Rally in Mexico, Killing at Least 9
A stage in northern Mexico where a presidential hopeful was campaigning for a local candidate collapsed after a gust of wind blew through on Wednesday night, leaving at least nine…