“Americans are spending like never before,” boasted the Donald Trump White House in a press release on Wednesday. “Retail sales are booming — up 5% over last year, far outpacing inflation — as Americans spend...
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In his memoir, A Life Beyond Boundaries, the political scientist Benedict Anderson referred to his “more intelligent, slightly younger” brother. He had reason to be proud too. Perry Anderson was well known for his writings...
Larry Ellison, founder of the software firm Oracle, is the second-richest billionaire in both the United States and the world and for a brief moment was number one in the world. But for a long...
Asllan sifted through the papers on his desk — university notes, the first few issues of Bota e Re, some newspaper cuttings — and felt his head spinning. He was struck by the clarity of...
Many states are moving to guarantee COVID-19 vaccine access for their residents amid new restrictions set by the Trump administration. But when people in these states try to schedule a vaccine appointment online, as they’ve...
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a...
In recent months, as the genocidal killing of Gazans continues, an increasing number of countries have announced their intention to recognize a Palestinian state, joining the 147 that already have. Most of these come from...
My colleagues and I work at a law school clinic that represents tenants in eviction court, which means we get a front-row seat to the US housing crisis. The people we see lined up in...
The bond market is crooning along to a familiar tune of financial engineering. Last week, the Financial Times reported that securitized music catalogues were going “mainstream,” as large investors including Blackstone and the state of...
A consensus is emerging across the political spectrum around the need for industrial policy. Whether in the form of the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act under Joe Biden in 2022 or...
Around one million people took to the streets of France this Thursday, according to figures from the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), in protest against President Emmanuel Macron and his austerity policies. This was the...
I hate to be that guy on the Left, but I’m going to be that guy on the Left. One of the arguments Republicans are making tonight about the firing of Jimmy Kimmel is that...
