What Early GDP Numbers Are Saying
An unprecedented collapse in international imports in the second quarter meant that US consumers were … well, still spending plenty of money importing things from foreign countries!
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International
Making Sense of the Tariff Cliff
The chaotic trade declarations coming out of the White House- which resembles less strategic public policy with a defined end goal, and more unstructured bloviating for the purpose of grandstanding, is doing weird things to markets and businesses.
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Solidarity Is Unconditional, Even When The Context Is Iffy.
Harold Daggett, the multi-millionaire president of the International Longshoreman’s Association, drives a Bentley. He’s also buddies with Donald Trump. Does that mean we shouldn’t support striking workers?
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Trump & Netanyahu: A Criminal Bromance for the Ages
Yesterday, a war criminal addressed the United States Congress, receiving repeated rounds of applause and a standing ovation from a
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Semantics & Semitics: Why We Need Better Language To Discuss Israel.
The war in Gaza has been punctuated by atrocity after atrocity, but also by language on both sides of the conflict that attempts to delegitimize the other side, questioning the validity of an entire people to exist. Often, these attempts are rooted in intellectual misappropriations or misunderstandings of historical phrases or concepts.
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Let’s Not Spray Paint Swastikas on Synagogues. Okay?
Hate crimes do absolutely nothing to make the world a better place. Do you even have a good point, though, by using the swastika to liken a government of right-wing extremists to another government of right-wing extremists? Also no.
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Things To Look Out For In The New Year of 2024
eBikes, YIMBY, what’s left of the Republican Party, and more.
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Just In Time For Hanukkah, The War in Gaza Plumbs Hideous New Depths.
Netanyahu’s Likud government, in citing Islamic scripture before bombing Muslim civilians, demonstrates that he has little understanding of Islam, but also that he has blatant contempt for the Jewish faith.
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