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A pulsing light startles you as you pack another underwhelming school lunch into a backpack. A voice calls out, soft but urgent: “It’s time for The Child to play a Youth Sport.” In the local village, rumors are swirling. The Child’s Best Friend wants to play too. It seems that Youth Sports Registration will open soon, but no one knows where, when, or how.

Convince Tina, the villager with four kids, to send you the registration email from last season that she’s pretty sure is still in her inbox somewhere.

The excitement that radiated through the Democratic National Convention was the other side of what had until recently been a deep despair.

The post Dynamism & Discipline appeared first on The New York Review of Books.

A report last week suggested 115 journalists and media workers had been killed since 7 October 2023, but others say the number is as high as 171

Few issues in politics and economics are nowadays more discussed — and less understood — than public debt. Many raise their voices to urge for reducing the debt, but few explain why and in what way reducing the debt would be conducive to a better economy or a fairer society. And there are no limits […]

Our third episode introduces the architect behind the master plan’s original blueprint, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.

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by Andrea Maurer* This article showcases the development of economic sociology and the vibrant activities and achievements within the Economic Sociology Research Network at the European Sociological Association. Even though the development has not been continuous, there has been a successful rediscovery of economic topics in sociology. The accomplishments have allowed the Network to have […]

If you think he won’t do it, you don’t know Trump. He made Ric Grenell the acting Director of National Intelligence. He made Matthew Whittaker the acting Attorney General. He made Ben Carson the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Sure he might have trouble getting RFK Jr confirmed. But he learned to get past all that inconvenient folderol by making his minions and henchmen “acting” officials. He would be happy to let RFK Jr. do whatever he wants. After all, Trump will never have to run for president again. (Either he’ll be term limited, he’ll just refuse to leave or he’ll die in office.) He has nothing to lose.

With Catherine Tate hosting today's Doctor Who Prom, here's a look at how the rehearsal for the Fifteenth Doctor's (Ncuti Gatwa) theme went.

The thought experiments illuminating black holes and other scientific problems.

The post How Teacups and Demons Help Demystify Physics appeared first on Nautilus.

With all the mockery and joy and good feelings, I hope none of us lose sight of the threat we are facing. To those of you who listen to podcasts, I highly recommend this one: To wrap up our Project 2025 series, Kate, Leah and Melissa are joined by NYU’s Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present to share her perspective as a historian on the Heritage Foundation’s terrifying plans for the country. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 2:17 Trump Continues to Hide His Project 2025 Connections 5:25 Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Project 2025 21:40 Faux Populism of Project 2025 46:30 What Happens After the First 100 Days?

Whether lazing by the seaside during the summer, or escaping to exotic beaches during the winter, coastal regions have always been a space for relaxing. This form of travel is called ‘Coastal Tourism’, which is defined as  the temporary movement of people to aquatic environments or ‘blue spaces’. 

The post Beaches, when did they stop being sexy? appeared first on Progress in Political Economy (PPE).

Somebody needs to give him a big steaming cup of covfefe to wake him up!

It would be fairly uncontroversial to describe Ukraine’s recent military advance into Russia’s Kursk region as a deliberate provocation. Kyiv’s claim that it was intended chiefly to prod Moscow towards a negotiated peace, if true, appears to ignore Vladimir Putin’s tendency to stick to his guns in the face of embarrassments. Emboldened by the initial Continue reading »

This short history of China over the last three decades is mainly based on the first of a three part series in the SCMP. It describes how the adoption of neo-liberalism by President Deng made China rich but also created social problems that President Xi is trying to fix. President Deng enabled China to become Continue reading »

In many ways the American capitalist economy has been a remarkable success story. But is it any longer compatible with environmental or social stability. Should countries like Australia be so closely connected to it? Continue reading »

The organisation Physicians for Human Rights Israel issued an urgent global appeal on 17 June on behalf of the children of Gaza, demanding “immediate and decisive action from the international community to prevent further loss of life and to address the dire and immediate needs of Gaza’s most vulnerable population”. The care and protection of children Continue reading »

How comfy the throne, how rapid the change; a humble Republican from a riverbank shack is plotting to be King of Indonesia surrounded by his regal family of political courtiers. Young Indonesians have had enough of outgoing President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s blatant nepotism, the rise of dynastic politics and a return of the oligarchs. Furious Continue reading »