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For the past few months, publication has been consumed in discussions about its constant topic: blur, breathtaking little testimonies from other writers appearing on the back of the book's cover, everyone writes. I don't like it, please. One big author and one major publisher announced that within weeks they were promoting each other. As a result, the resulting conversations piqued the publication. Along the way, it provided a new lens on who can access influence and resources in an increasingly unstable industry.The authors traditionally aimed to procure blur before the book was accepted by publishers and went through the editing…
For decades, experts have denounced the US president for ignoring the Western hemisphere in support of distant conflicts in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Both Republicans and Democrats have implemented policies either “benign” or “malignant” and threats are growing and missing valuable opportunities. It cannot be accused of ignoring US backyards. Instead, we see gusts of wind activity that are quite unprecedented in modern times. Trump dedicated most of his inaugural speech to demanding that Panama return control of the Panama Canal. It is not clear whether Canada is repeatedly jokingly suggesting that it should become the 51st state,…
All six of the Republican Justice in the Supreme Court will wake up tomorrow and decide that many of their previous decisions to make Trump possible are wrong, each one making a seemingly out-of-control executive as they helped Create a pledge to do everything in their power to restrain them.Even in a world where federal courts can expect to actively enforce laws aimed at restricting the Constitution and Trump, the United States will still face a constitutional crisis. The reason is a pretty basic reason. The courts are essentially reactive institutions. They do not preemptively tell the government how to…
Since Kendrick Lamar was announced as the headliner for the Super Bowl Lix Halftime Show last September, music fans have been surprised by the excitement, and wondering how the winner of Pulitzer-Prize will handle the historic gig I think so. Fresh from the long summer beef with Drake, who produced the Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us,” Lamar had the opportunity to host Petty's most halftime show in telecast history. By January, he was also caught up in a “not like us” honourable lawsuit, and it was unclear whether he could play the song. (He did.) There were also major…
Some archaeologists believe that when future civilizations sort through the debris of our modern era, we won’t be defined by the skyscraper, the iPhone, or the automobile, but rather something humbler: the chicken bone. The reason? We eat so many chickens. So, so many. In 2022 alone, people around the world consumed over 75 billion of them, up from 8 billion in 1965. On Sunday, Americans will likely eat a record-breaking 1.47 billion chicken wings as they watch the Eagles take on the Chiefs at Super Bowl LIX. And that makes it all the more astonishing that, according to chicken…
In communities living next to the factory farm, residents have long voiced concerns about environmental pollution. Research now shows that not only can we see the air pollution produced by industrial pig facilities, it also disproportionately affects communities of color all the way from space.New research published in Environmental Science and Technology Satellite data were used to measure ammonia, a common contaminant produced by factory farms from large quantities of animal fertilizers in North Carolina. In the eastern part of the state, University of Virginia researchers found increased levels of ammonia in areas with high concentrations of industrialized pig facilities.…
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staff had resigned after asking about racist social media posts from accounts linked to him.A quick resignation was, at least at first, a breath of fresh air. President Donald Trump and his allies have repeatedly refused to adhere to basic social norms and have faced little. Elon Musk refused to apologise for gestures that at least look similar to Nazi salutes. A senior State Department official tweeted whether he tweeted, “If you want things to work, a capable white man must take charge.” Public embarrassment may…
Welcome to logoff. Today, I focus on the battle for control of the Treasury payment system. This is a legal battle that has a major impact on democracy. What is at stake is Congress' ability to control government spending, and a key (and constitutional) check on Donald Trump's power.What's the latest? A federal judge on Thursday signed an agreement that restricts access to Elon Musk's government efficiency reaching the Treasury payment system. For now, only two Doge employees can see how they work inside the system, but they cannot make changes or cancel payments.backup. What is the context here? For…
It's a safe bet that many of what President Donald Trump explained in two press outlets in the White House on Tuesday along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that there will be no follow-up social media posts. The US will almost certainly not take “long-term ownership” in the Gaza Strip. It resettled 1.8 million people in “beautiful areas” in neighboring countries, and as a “Middle Eastern Riviera” that doesn't want to return or redevelop the strip because it's attractive.High-ranking officials, including White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have already returned most of the proposal.…
Editor’s note, February 7, 2025, 12:30 pm: On February 7, Kanye referred to himself openly as a Nazi in a post on X, along with a number of other antisemitic sentiments. Read this story, first published in October 2022, to understand how we got here.Fake children, lost Black tribes of Israel, and vast conspiracies, all leading to an incendiary Thanksgiving-week dinner with Donald Trump and a hard-line white nationalist and public praise of Hitler’s Nazi regime: This is not the Kanye West we used to know.Ye, né Kanye, habitually draws headlines for more than just his music, whether it’s for…