Magazine - Life & Arts
The history of slob-ification
It was called many things among the trendsetters of the California tech set — Jeans Day, Dress Down Day, Free Dress Day, and, most evocatively, Grub Day.…
July 26, 2022
Magazine - Life & Arts
There’s no business like show business
In the summer, all the big media moguls gather in Sun Valley for a conference put on by investment banker Herb Allen. It’s a gathering of the…
Healthcare
US struggles to respond to monkeypox outbreak
The recent monkeypox outbreak caught the United States by surprise, forcing public health authorities to play catch-up and finally issue a road map, centered on scaling up…
Energy and Environment
It’s Joe vs. Joe, again
The most powerful man in Washington is named Joe, but which last name follows often depends on whom you ask, what’s up for discussion, and sometimes which…
Economy
Mo money, mo problems
A little extra cash, especially if you have very little, should make you happier, right? Not so, according to a new study published by researchers at Harvard…
Business
Western companies in China and Russia eye exits
Top Western companies continue to abandon operations in China and Russia, highlighting the obstacles to profitability in the powerful Eurasian countries. On July 18, fast-fashion retailer H&M…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Woman’
On June 5, 2020, the Twitter account for Fruit Gushers, the little packets of candy that are like diabetes-inducing ravioli, posted as follows: “Gushers wouldn’t be Gushers…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
The Democrats’ codification strategy is about midterm politics
Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would codify in federal law the right to same-sex marriage, repeal the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
How the government invented race
The American government’s standard racial and ethnic categories make a certain amount of sense. They’re approximately continental groupings, and they capture how, over many centuries, circumstances have…
Business
Civil liberties groups and lawmakers object to government agencies buying personal data
The Department of Homeland Security is buying “huge volumes” of U.S. residents’ cellphone data and sidestepping Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable government searches and seizures, according to…