Chaos in the Hamptons

August 13, 2023 Hi, I’m Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Today’s Sunday edition, a roundup of some of our top stories. On the agenda today: The genius plan that could bring down skyrocketing home prices. Goldman Sachs is having […]

Morning routine rundown

August 12, 2023 Hey there, Insiders! Be careful of what you eat while traveling. A United passenger was almost put on the no-fly list after eating a first-class meal in economy plus. Yikes.   Before flying off into the weekend, what’s your morning routine? That’s the focus of today’s […]

Harvard University Encourages Students To Go On Food Stamps, Even Though It’s the Richest School In The World With A $53 Billion Endowment

By Jeannine Mancini Wed, August 9, 2023 at 1:10 PM EDT· Harvard University recently organized an event to support graduate students enrolling in government food assistance programs. The Health Services office sent a flier to graduate students, encouraging them to participate in the SNAP Benefits Sign-Up event in […]

Against the Eugenicons

Michael Lind Compact Magazine August 11, 2023 Photo: HarperCollins In May 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised, “Five, 10 years from now—different party. You’re going to have a worker’s party.” In the presidential and midterm elections since 2016, the GOP has picked up more working-class black and Hispanic voters, […]

The Senile State

Our politicians are not too old—but their ideas are by Michael Lind, Tablet August 08, 2023 Does America have a gerontocracy problem? A look at the leading contenders for the White House in 2024 might suggest that it does. When Joe Biden was inaugurated at 78 he was […]

Introducing JOHNSTONE Magazine

Caitlin Johnstone Aug 11, 2023 I’m starting a new monthly magazine (or publication, or book, or whatever you want to call it) compiling all my articles for the month together in a physical paper copy. I’m calling it JOHNSTONE, because why the hell not. You’ll also still be […]

Amazon’s RTO drama

August 11, 2023 Happy Friday! There’s plenty of dialogue about why you shouldn’t switch seats on an airplane when someone asks, but here’s why it might be a good move.   Today’s big story tackles another popular online debate: remote vs. in-office work. More on one tech giant’s […]

‘Egregiously Obvious’ That Biden Admin Violated First Amendment Rights, Tech Policy Expert Says

August 10 2023   ‘Egregiously Obvious’ That Biden Admin Violated First Amendment Rights, Tech Policy Expert Says NEWS By Samantha Aschieris Jake Denton, research associate in The Heritage Foundation’s Tech Policy Center, discusses the “Facebook files.” More First, NY Democrats Came for Pizza Ovens. Now, They’re Coming for Ice […]

ESPN’s big bet

August 10, 2023 Almost to the weekend! You never know what you might come across fishing in the Florida Keys. Marlins. Swordfish. Groupers. $1.1 million worth of cocaine. Meanwhile, in today’s big story we’re looking at ESPN’s tie-up with Penn Entertainment and the impact it could have on […]