Pack Lunch, Drop Kids Off, Skate,Work
On a chilly, windy morning in March, Nagisa Landfield’s and Leila Noelliste’s skateboard wheels boomed in unison with the clanking of construction work and semi trucks echoing nearby at a…
The Hottest Commodity at the U.S. Open? Shade.
As New York City contends with rising heat and unpredictable storms because of climate change, so does its marquee tennis tournament, the U.S. Open. Weather has long been a wild…
In a Grim Palestinian Refugee Community, People See Hope in Hamas
Ein al-Hilweh, Lebanon’s largest community of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, has long been a downtrodden place, impoverished and racked by factional violence. Its residents usually have a grim view…
Why Mpox Vaccines Aren’t Flowing to Africans in Desperate Need
There are no vaccines for mpox available in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the epicenter of a global health emergency declared last week, even though the country first asked for…
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day California Thrasher, California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana BG), Los Angeles, California, United States. I wondered if reader TH…
The Geography and Determinants of ‘New Work’ in the United States | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Since you, readers, are geographically dispersed, I’d like to know if you hae anecdata to share on the thesis of this article. (Adding, the maps are that way…
Final Body Is Recovered From Yacht That Sank Off Sicily
Divers on Friday recovered the body of the final person who had been missing after a violent storm off the coast of Sicily sent a luxury yacht to the bottom…
They Tried to Evict Her Emotional Support Parrots. She Won $165,000.
For almost 20 years, a group of parrots and their owner lived at the Rutherford, a co-op apartment building in the ritzy Gramercy Park neighborhood of Manhattan. For almost as…
Supreme Court Allows Arizona to Enforce, for Now, Law Tightening New Voter Registrations
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Arizona, at least for now, to toughen some voting requirements, saying that people registering to vote before the coming election must show proof of…
In Majorca, a One-Room Home With Sheep for Neighbors
Long before artists started arriving some two hundred years ago in the sunny hillside villages of Majorca, there were olive trees — nearly infinite quantities, which some oil producers date…