The ‘Betches’ Got Rich. So What’s Next?
On a cold February morning, Betches Media, the millennial and Gen Z women’s humor company best known for its Instagram memes, was celebrating its 13th birthday, which its three co-founders…
British Colleges Are Handling Protests Differently. Will It Pay Off?
Palestinian flags fluttered in the breeze above two neat rows of orange and green tents on Thursday at Cambridge University, where students read, talked and played chess at a small…
Raunch and Business Records: 5 Takeaways From Trump’s Criminal Trial
The fourth week of Donald J. Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial veered from the salacious to the monotonous, and ended with a preview of a showdown coming next week: the long-awaited…
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, more shortly on election 2024. There was a lot to get my head around. Bird Song of the Day Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant, Palo Blanco,…
Work Longer, Die Sooner! America’s Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare | naked capitalism
Yves here. Lynn Parramore at INET presents threats to cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicare threaten the health and well-being of retirees. That’s a feature, not a bug. Parramore’s…
Opinion | President Biden Just Made His Biggest Blunder
In announcing that the United States will pause delivery of 3,500 bombs to Israel, President Biden has the laudable motive of wanting to spare innocent Palestinians from the military consequences…
Jacob Zuma, Once Leader of the A.N.C., Becomes Its Political Rival
Jobless graduates, struggling business owners and army veterans marched through the eastern South African city of Pietermaritzburg this week, chanting the name “Jacob Zuma.” The 500 or so demonstrators brought…
Fresh Off Defeat in Speaker Fight, Greene Relishes the Chaos She Wrought
As Republicans and Democrats booed her loudly Wednesday when she called a snap vote on the House floor to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia,…
Sheriff Releases Body Camera Footage in Police Killing of Airman in His Home
Under mounting pressure to offer a justification for the fatal police shooting of a U.S. Air Force senior airman in his own apartment last week, a Florida sheriff on Thursday…
She Wanted to Help Strangers. Would They Take Her Up on It?
On an overcast morning in April, Bianca Giaever was anxiously loitering outside the Union Square subway station. She scanned the New Yorkers rushing along on their weekday commutes and tried…