Parts of Italy’s Appian Way Are Left Off World Heritage List. Cue Grievances.
When Maria Innamorato heard last month that the Via Appia — known in English as the Appian Way — had been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, she rejoiced. Ms.…
A $75 Million Animal Shelter Opened in Queens. It’s Already Overwhelmed.
A $75 million animal shelter in Queens, the borough’s first and only public shelter, was supposed to boost adoption rates, making animals irresistible to prospective owners. It had spacious kennels…
Holiday Weekend Coverage | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, This is the last big holiday weekend of the summer in the US, and many Europeans are also on August breaks, presumably not returning till Monday or…
Tim Walz Is Happy to Help, Content to Be Ignored
In their joint television interview on Thursday night, Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota were seated in a way that made him appear twice her height.…
7 Takeaways From Harris’s First Major Interview
The main reason CNN’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris turned out to be remarkable was that it was the first one she had done since President Biden bowed out…
Trump Keeps Turning Up the Dial on Vulgarity. Will He Alienate the Voters He Needs?
Over his decades in the public eye, former President Donald J. Trump has a well-established history of making degrading and racist remarks about women, people of color and pretty much…
Donors Quietly Push Harris to Drop Tax on Ultrawealthy
Donors to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign are pushing her to reconsider supporting a proposed tax on the wealthiest Americans, as some Wall Street and Silicon Valley executives try to…
Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster | naked capitalism
Yves here. Another sobering update from Oxfam on the ever-widening chasm between the squillionaire overclass and the poor. As famed short seller David Einhorn was wont to say, “No matter…
Dolly Parton surprised with Kentucky’s highest honour
Dolly Parton was dubbed a “Kentucky Colonel”, the highest civilian award in the state, by Governor Andy Beshear as she promoted the expansion of her children’s literacy program, Imagination Library.…
Ukraine Says It Struck at 2 Oil Depots Inside Russia
Ukraine’s military said on Thursday that it had struck two more Russian oil depots, pressing ahead with a campaign of attacks against a sector vital for Moscow’s war effort. The…