Why are American teenagers feeling hopeless?

The Week Staff Attacking the grid David Faris Why are American teenagers feeling hopeless? Justin Klawans Shipwreck off Italian coast kills at least 50 migrants The Week Staff Cryptocurrency: Here come the regulators The Week Staff 6 jaw-dropping homes kids will love Justin Klawans Survivors mark 30 years since 1993 WTC bombing Brendan Morrow Everything […]

Norfolk Southern Argued Against “Emotional Evocations of ‘Deadly Chemicals’” After 2005 Derailment

  MOST READ Norfolk Southern Argued Against “Emotional Evocations of ‘Deadly Chemicals’” After 2005 Derailment Daniel Boguslaw, Lee Fang After East Palestine, as in 2005, harmful chemical releases are unlikely to affect the rail company’s stock price or bottom line. READ MORE →   Bristling Under Progressive Mayor, […]

A Regional Framework for Historical Developments in the Caucasus, 1917-1921

Citation Slye, S. (2022). A Regional Framework for Historical Developments in the Caucasus, 1917-1921 (Doctoral thesis). https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.93887 Abstract This thesis presents a regional framework for the political and military history of the Caucasus during the period of the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Based on journalistic materials, archival […]

From Peru to the West Bank

Rachel Nolan An Amazonian Exodus The discovery of a Bible led a Peruvian man on a decades-long process of conversion, leading him and his disciples to a settlement in the West Bank, where they became caught up in a demographic contest with Palestinians for the future of Israel. […]

The industry #MeToo forgot

February 26, 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 our top reads of the week.   On the agenda today: Allegations of sexual abuse, hard drugs, and violence at a top insurance […]

The Empire Gives People The Illusion Of Fighting The Power Without Ever Endangering Real Power

Caitlin Johnstone 48 min ago Listen to a reading of this article: The one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen countless emotional news segments and heartstring-plucking articles, wall-to-wall social media posts, and public demonstrations decrying the evils of Vladimir Putin throughout the western world. For what’s […]

Tracking the Trolls

“The following is a description of a video that I did not watch,” writes Vanessa Barbara in her report on the nation’s recent presidential election in the February 23, 2023, issue of the Review. “‘A male synthetic organism was walking down the street when it came across an […]

Student debt’s macroeconomic shock

Click here to view this email in your browser. February 25, 2023 A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALYSON SHONTELL Next week, the Supreme Court will begin hearing oral arguments in two cases challenging President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan. The outcomes of the cases—Biden v. Nebraska […]

The next Kim Jong Un

Brigid  Kennedy The next Kim Jong Un Catherine  Garcia The Check-In: Get ready for Greenland Justin  Klawans Nigerians head to the polls to elect new president Advertisement by Enbridge Tomorrow is On: bridging to a sustainable energy future The Week  Staff Attacking the grid Justin  Klawans First lady […]

‘The Tragedy of the Spice King’

— Justin Miller, deputy editor, Intelligencer The flyers were plastered all over the neighborhood: “Millionaire Menace Terrorizes Fort Greene.” It was a tantalizing tip — was some rich guy really responsible for smashing restaurant windows in Brooklyn? New York’s James D. Walsh went out to investigate and found […]

FBI’s Darkest Secrets Exposed

Krystal Kyle & Friends We’re grateful to have Trevor Aaronson on the pod this week to discuss his reporting on FBI infiltration of the racial justice movement in Denver almost three years ago. Aaronson tells the story of how Mickey, a fifty-year-old outsider in military fatigues who talked […]