What Did Trump’s Tax Cuts Do?
Seven years ago, when Republicans passed the most significant overhaul of the tax code in a generation, they were sure the law would supercharge investment, raise wages and shift the…
‘Severance’ Is Back. Here’s a Season 1 Recap to Jog Your Memory.
Mark’s outie was at a book-reading party for his brother-in-law, Ricken (Michael Chernus), at Ricken’s home. Though Mark’s outie was dismissive of Ricken’s latest volume, a self-help book called “The…
Facing a Flurry of U.S. Sanctions, China Prepares to Hit Back
Days before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, China is gearing up for economic battle with the United States. It threatened a widespread investigation into American chipmakers. It zeroed in…
Opinion | Courage and Resilience in Trump’s America
If legislators, for instance, don’t cut back on climate-related spending, he has threatened to initiate a constitutional showdown by rescinding the money. His running mate, JD Vance, once suggested that…
‘I’m Urging You Not to Run’: How Schumer Pushed Biden to Drop Out
Senator Chuck Schumer of New York sat in the foyer of President Biden’s Rehoboth Beach house, tired and tense. He had not slept the night before, and on the four-hour…
How Trump’s Border Czar Thomas Homan Found MAGA
In 2016, Thomas D. Homan was a frustrated immigration bureaucrat ready to call it quits. A former border patrol agent with a lawman’s steely demeanor, he had been an odd…
Biden’s Farewell Address Leaves Late Night Befuddled
Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50…
Closing Ranks: Organised Labour and Immigration | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post documents the role that rising levels of immigration played in labor organizing in the US. As you’ll see below, at a local level, it increased the…
As Potential TikTok Ban Looms, What Will Happen to the Platform’s Food Creators?
Whether you cherish your morning TikTok scroll or the mere mention of the video platform sends you shrieking into a sensory-deprivation pod, there is no denying that the app has…
A Forgotten Farming Technique Is Making a Big Comeback – Here’s Why | naked capitalism
Yves here. With Hair Furore pre-inauguration furor getting more intense, perhaps another break from reguar programming is in order. However, to be a stickler, “forgotten farming technique” is clearly a…