A memoir interwoven with historical research that might leave you wondering if anything really changes in these United States.
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In pursuit of defeating death, Alan has dedicated his life to cryonics. He hopes to be defrosted together with his wife
- by Aeon Video
Burhan Sönmez, now the president of PEN International, was a rising human rights lawyer in Turkey. A brutal assault nearly killed him – and propelled him to a life in literature
- by Kaya Genç
I’m reading poems at a few literary festivals this year – including ones in Keswick, Guernsey, Wrexham, Tunbridge Wells, Dorchester-on-Thames, Filey and Leek. Here’s a pic which provides an efficient summary of such matters: Next month’s show at Words on the Water has sold out, but tickets are on sale for the other festivals. More info…
We see workplaces on our televisions each and every night. Rarely, however, do we see much about the process of work that goes on there or people’s collective experience of it. Staff relations, let alone industrial relations, barely get a look in. Consequently, we never get near a full and truthful depiction of work. Granted, […]
The Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal. Now comes the messy question: Who will pay — and who gets paid back?
I have been thinking about the recent inflation trajectory in Japan in the light of constant calls from mainstream economists (including a bevy of private bank economists who work for institutions that benefit from interest rate hikes) for the Bank of Japan to hike rates. What is driving CPI movements? What has been the impact…
By killing tariff transparency, Trump and Bezos made it harder for Americans to prove what they paid — and easier for corporations to keep any refunds.
Democrats stayed seated as Trump attacked trans kids at the State of the Union. With midterms coming, there’s more where that came from.
The post Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait appeared first on The Intercept.
An industry-backed lawmaker’s proposal could undercut state efforts to loosen Wall Street’s grip on the housing market — while carving out exemptions for large investors.
We have a very odd spectacle right now: Anthropic’s CEO has said the US government cannot use Anthropic products if they will not guarantee that they won’t be used for autonomous military robots (firing without human intervention) or mass surveillance. The Pentagon has responded by threatening to eminent domain Claude, and make their own version. […]
A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.
The post A Supreme Court Win Didn’t Free Richard Glossip. But This Judge Could. appeared first on The Intercept.
The meticulous preparation and fleeting ecstasy of elite high-diving captured in all its breathtaking shapes and sounds
- by Aeon Video
Carlo Masala’s short work of speculative fiction, If Russia Wins: A Scenario, was a bestseller when it was published in Germany last year. Masala is a professor of international relations at the Bundeswehr University in Munich, having previously served as deputy director of research at the NATO Defence College in Rome. Since 2022, he has […]
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February 25th, 2026: Toronto has been wet for weeks now. It snows but then it melts a bit, or it rains. Some Americans have been talking about our shared European culture lately! As CT’s resident American-in-Europe, I feel I must respond. So, here’s a European culture story. (This is Part 2, You can find Part 1 here.) Okay, so Imperia! Big concrete statue on the shore of Lake Constance. Medieval sex worker. 9 meters tall, weighs […]
The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran narratives for the media. Damon Wilson, the head of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was interrupted by a member of Congress during a House oversight hearing on February 24 after revealing that his agency “began supporting the deployment [and] operation of about 200 Starlinks early on” amid the […] The post NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence first appeared on The Grayzone. The post NED leader cut off in Congress after boasting of ‘deploying’ 200 Starlinks to Iran amid violence appeared first on The Grayzone. The U.S. military’s intelligence sharing came as part of a new “counter cartel” task force focused on the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. The post Mexico Got Help Killing Drug Lord From Secretive U.S. Campaign Led by FBI and ICE appeared first on The Intercept. There’s an idea going around that virtues are anti-competitive. That being loyal, honorable, honest, generous, kind, etc… puts you at a disadvantage. It’s one of those half true statements. It’s true if your society is shit, but in a decent society it can be disadvantage, and if a society has predominantly virtueless people in charge, […]
Perhaps the foremost financial crisis theorist of our time, Hyman Minsky, had as his central idea that crises are endogenous (system-internal) phenomena where stability creates instability and reduces safety margins for financial transactions with excessively high leverage effects. During the upswing phase of financial bubbles, safety margins shrink, and even the smallest setback can lead […]
With her father vulnerable after his prostate operation, an adult daughter discovers they can finally open up about sex - A film by Jeanne Paturle and Cécile Rousset | ||
