NBA MVP: Nikola Jokic wins third Most Valuable Player award
Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic has joined some of the NBA’s all-time greats by winning the league’s Most Valuable Player award for the third time. The Serb, who was previously…
Links 5/9/2024 | naked capitalism
Nature’s Oldest Mandolin: The Poetic Science of How Cicadas Sing The Marginalian A rare burst of billions of cicadas will rewire our ecosystems for years to come Vox The Judgment…
Populism and State Power | naked capitalism
Yves here. Please welcome Tony Lynch, a regular supplier of intel to the site, and now a meaty post on populism. Get a cup of coffee. Tony’s central theme is…
One Strongman, One Billion Voters, and the Future of India
The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra Leigh Young, Lisa Chow, Eric…
Stormy Daniels Faces Trump’s Lawyers, and Biden Blocks Weapons for Use in Rafah
Tune in, and tell us what you think at theheadlines@nytimes.com. For corrections, email nytnews@nytimes.com. For more audio journalism and storytelling, download the New York Times Audio app — available to…
Israel’s Shutdown of Al Jazeera Highlights Long-Running Tensions
When Israel ordered Al Jazeera on Sunday to shut down operations there, the network had a reporter covering a government meeting in West Jerusalem, another in an East Jerusalem hotel…
Satyajit Das: The Rich Are Different! | naked capitalism
Yves here. Satyajit Das uses a new book, As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West, as a point of departure for a discussion of the…
An Iowa Farm County Seeks Answers Amid Cancer Rates 50% Higher than National Average | naked capitalism
Yves here. This article is a microcosm of the health costs of modern privileges, here cheap and plentiful food. Cancer is one disease that the US government, specifically the CDC…
Opinion | Divesting From Israel Is Impractical and Illogical
“Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” is a frequent chant ringing through pro-Palestinian college protests. Of all the actions one could advocate in the war between…
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the…