New York food bank receives 13,000 live salmon
An upstate New York salmon farm facing closure donated 13,000 live fish to a local food bank. With a tight deadline, volunteers and staff worked rapidly to capture, process, and…
US famine monitor offline amid Trump funding freeze
The United States’ system for monitoring famine globally has been taken offline amid President Donald Trump’s order for a 90-day freeze on nearly all US foreign assistance. The Famine Early…
Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away | naked capitalism
Yves here. Many readers pointed out that going after employers of undocumented migrant workers would be a way to tackle one of the underlying objections to “illegals”: that these businesses…
Book Bans | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post, in analytical value, falls into the “History never repeats itself but it rhymes” category. It looks at a book ban campaign in China to see its…
Trump’s Tariffs Would Reverse Decades of Integration Between U.S. and Mexico
When Dennis Nixon started working at a regional bank in Laredo, Texas, in 1975, there was just a trickle of trade across the border with Mexico. Now, nearly a billion…
‘The Interview’: Dr. Anna Lembke Is Scared About What Modern Life Is Doing to Us
We live at a time when everything is available at every moment. Just on your phone, you can order lunch, bet on sports, read this story, watch porn, chat with…
One Family Lost in the Plane Crash
The young Chinese couple had put in place nearly all the building blocks for a successful new life in America: graduate degrees, a tight-knit community of friends and promising careers.…
Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning
Feb. 1 is the beginning of Black History Month, which for decades has recognized the contributions of Black people to American civic life and culture with festive luncheons, serious lectures,…
Democratic National Committee Picks Next Chair: What to Watch For
More than 400 members of Democratic National Committee are gathering on Saturday to choose the party’s next chairman, who will help guide Democrats as they aim to claw back power…
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Faces a Leadership Test
Karen Bass was elected mayor of Los Angeles in 2022 on a pledge to reduce homelessness, drawing on her decades of experience in government. She won decisively and proceeded, with…