“The risk of starvation is everywhere in Gaza,” UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva. “This is a direct result of the Israeli government’s policy of blocking humanitarian aid,” he said. Mr. Al-Kheetan insisted that in the past few weeks, Israeli authorities have only allowed aid to enter in quantities that…
Fall in New York isn’t just a season — it’s an aesthetic, a vibe, and frankly, an opportunity to flex a little style. The city sheds its humid summer skin, slips into shades of gold and crimson, and suddenly every corner looks like a movie set. Whether you’re planning a weekend date, a stylish rooftop…
A recent New York Times piece bemoaned the “credibility crisis” at the Trump Justice Department. As is typical of the Times, the article acted as though history began in 2016, took a break from 2021-2025, and restarted following the inauguration of Trump 2.0. While the Trump DOJ is a cruel joke—as we’ve covered—if the Times…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Microsoft, as a provider of cloud services to the U.S. government, is required to regularly submit security plans to officials describing how the company will protect federal computer systems. Yet in a 2025…
By Mr. Maverick Imagine standing at the beach shore, calmly gazing at the endless blue and feeling the gentle breeze. All of a sudden, you feel the earth beneath your feet shaking. Moments later, you spot a tsunami surging furiously in your direction. What do you do? How do you cope with this harrowing situation?…
May 20, 2025 Image Description: An illustration of a top-level view of people walking outside, casting long, dark shadows that stretch next to them. By Graphicook Studio via Unsplash+ “The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and…
As promised by Donald Trump? “We’re going to have prices down- I think you’re going to see some pretty drastic price reductions.” Associated Press, Trump holds a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, YouTube (January 7, 2025). And here’s the data we have. Figure 1: CPI (blue), Everyday Price Index (tan), and CPI-limited service restaurants (green), all…
Politics / August 19, 2025 Trump has launched an all-out assault on civic freedoms, but the Democrats aren’t yet giving their base something to vote for. Ad Policy Ballots sit in a tray inside the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center on Election Day, November 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)…
Ahead of donning a beige WFP vest and boots to face hurricanes, wars and refugee camps, the Portuguese scientist worked with satellite imagery and cartography, creating maps to support humanitarian missions, until he realised he didn’t want to stay behind a computer screen. On the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August,…
These tweets caught my eye: I suspect that it would be possible to create some sort of argument that the AI boom is hurting the job market, but at the risk of being unserious I don’t find this one to be particularly persuasive. Suppose I made the following argument: Interest rates would be lower if…