Society / December 7, 2023 The Rot at the Heart of the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Case The case against the makers of oxycontin is about a lot of things—above all the way wealthy people work the system to escape accountability. Elie Mystal Ad Policy Headstones bearing information about people who died from using OxyContin line…
Politics Today 9:10 am In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux In the GOP Debate, It’s the Lost Cause Redux Fighting in Alabama, capital of the Confederacy, Jim Crow and Donald Trump, the final four GOP presidential candidates fought to be the nominee in case Trump gets sent to jail or dies. Joan…
13 minutes ago Comments About sharing The FSB is being accused of a years long campaign of cyber attacks by the UK’s government By Gordon Corera BBC Security correspondent The UK is accusing Russia’s Security Service, the FSB, of a sustained cyber-hacking campaign, targeting politicians and others in public life. The government said one group…
11 minutes ago About sharing Ruth Perry was the head at Caversham Primary School in Reading An Ofsted inspection “likely contributed” to the death of head teacher Ruth Perry, an inquest has ruled. Senior coroner Heidi Connor said the inspection “lacked fairness, respect and sensitivity” and was at times “rude and intimidating”. Mrs Perry, 53,…
7 minutes ago About sharing A statement posted on Zephaniah’s Instagram account confirmed he died in the early hours of Thursday. By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah has died aged 65, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks ago. A statement posted on his Instagram account confirmed he died…
Politics / December 7, 2023 The Trump Dictatorship Goes on Autopilot The MAGA world is making all the same fascist threats it did the last time around—and the media is still twiddling its thumbs. Chris Lehmann Ad Policy Former president Donald Trump speaks during a visit to a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training, at the…
December 7, 2023 The Planet Is Burning And the US’s habits of primacy are why. Sarang Shidore Ad Policy Smoke shrouding the sun as it rises behind the skyline of Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on June 7, 2023. (Gary Hershorn / Getty) Yet another COP comes along with…
World / December 7, 2023 The “Hunt for Hamas” Narrative Is Obscuring Israel’s Real Plans for Gaza The US press and politicians are trying to fit the Gaza “war” into a Zero Dark Thirty mold, but it’s something much simpler—and sinister. Adam Johnson Ad Policy An aerial view shows the destruction caused by Israeli strikes…
Politics Today 5:00 am As Costs and Demand Skyrocket, Abortion Funds Struggle to Keep Up As Costs and Demand Skyrocket, Abortion Funds Struggle to Keep Up Abortion funds received a huge wave of donations in the aftermath of Dobbs. But that initial swell has receded even as demand for help, and the costs of aiding…
1 hour ago About sharing By Chris Vallance Technology reporter, BBC News All Facebook and Messenger chats will be encrypted automatically, parent company Meta has announced. Messages and calls protected by end-to-end-encryption (E2EE) can be read only by the sender and recipient. It has been possible to opt in to encrypted messages for years, but…