Bill Richardson, the former Democratic governor of New Mexico, has died at the age of 75, according to The Associated Press. “He lived his entire life in the service of others — including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad,” Mickey Bergman, the...
Even the very limited corporate-sponsored self-reflection about Barbie as a brand that we see in the movie could not have happened without competitors, artists and consumers resisting Barbie’s market dominance and Mattel’s ownership over our collective play and imagination.
Judge Drew Tipton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas is in the process of considering an important immigration lawsuit that could have tragic effects if the plaintiffs prevail. The trial, which ran between Aug. 24 and 25, involves an ill-conceived lawsuit brought by Texas and nineteen other GOP-controlled state governments...
A firm aiming to merge with the social media platform Truth Social's parent company faces an important deadline next week to close the deal. Digital World Acquisition Corp. (DWAC) and Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), Truth Social’s parent company, announced plans to merge in October 2021. DWAC is a “blank check” company created to...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for not meeting with President Biden while he visited the state Friday to survey hurricane damage, calling the decision “absolutely outrageous.” The White House told CNN that a meeting between Biden and DeSantis was planned for Friday, but DeSantis’ office later said no such...
The foundation behind the prestigious Nobel Prizes said Saturday it will rescind ceremony invitations for the Russian, Belarusian and Iranian ambassadors in a reversal of a previous decision. The Nobel Foundation decided to invite the trio of ambassadors to the Stockholm awards ceremony in December in an announcement Thursday, but faced significant backlash. "We recognise...
Those who push a nation into war are almost exclusively from the privileged class. Those who die in those wars are almost exclusively from the underclass.
The release of former President Trump’s mug shot could serve as his sharpest tool yet in beefing up his political brand ahead of his bid to recapture the presidency next year. Trump began fundraising off his mug shot, taken in Georgia in connection with his efforts to overturn the state’s election result, almost as soon...
The Biden administration's narrative of its post-Title 42 border policies is being undercut by a continued surge in migrant numbers at the southern border since June.
Indiana AG Todd Rokita is backing a local school district in the middle of a legal battle over whether school facilities should be separate based on a student's biological sex.