Wednesday, February 28, 2024 My Ultimate History Crash Course Are we in a second Gilded Age? Is Trump really a Fascist? Why are we so politically polarized? How did corporations take over our politics? To…
Cows Get Own Tinder-Style App for Breeding
Photographer: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images Photographer: Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images Cows and bulls searching for “moo love” now have a mobile app to help their breeders. A U.K. farming startup introduced a Tinder-style…
Thailand Faces Escalating Political Risk as Divisions Flare
Thailand’s political divisions are erupting again with just over a month to go to the first general election since a coup almost five years ago. The spotlight is now on the fate of a party…
Trump Says Wall Coming One Way or the…
Construction of the U.S. border wall. Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images Congressional negotiators dug in for a weekend of talks on a security plan that includes some sort of barrier on the…
For Inflation Guy (and Shiller), Medical TIPS Are…
Photographer: shapecharge Photographer: shapecharge When the traders and investors who advise the U.S. Treasury floated the idea of selling bonds indexed to inflation in health care and education, they were drawing on work that Nobel…
Second Woman Accuses Virginia’s Lieutenant Governor of Sexual…
Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax addresses the media outside of the capital building in Richmond, on Feb. 4. Photographer: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images Photographer: Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images Richmond, Va. (AP) -- Virginia's state government…
Turkish Food Fight Spreads With Fines, Raids as…
Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg Photographer: Kostas Tsironis/Bloomberg Turkey has found that fighting words alone aren’t enough to deter the people it blames for runaway food inflation. After weeks of bashing those deemed price-gougers as traitors and…
Trump Says Wall Coming `One Way or the…
Construction of the U.S. border wall. Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images Photographer: Scott Olson/Getty Images Congressional negotiators dug in for a weekend of talks on a security plan that includes some sort of barrier on the…
Turkey Asks China to Close ‘Concentration Camps’ for…
Turkish supporters of the Uighur minority burn a Chinese flag during a protest in 2018. Photographer: Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Photographer: Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images Turkey demanded Chinese authorities respect human rights of…