31 minutes ago About sharing Watch: “My primary concern was protecting millions of jobs” – Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak has robustly defended his Eat Out To Help Out scheme, implemented in summer 2020, saying it prevented “devastating” job losses. The scheme encouraged people to attend pubs and restaurants by subsidising meals after lockdown rules were…
December 11, 2023 Reimagining The Nation in Print Reimagining “The Nation” in Print Each new monthly issue will be much longer—with more room for hard-hitting investigative pieces and reporting that challenges corporate power and conventional wisdom. D.D. Guttenplan Ludwig Hurtado This article appears in the December 25, 2023/January 1, 2024 issue. As the last few…
Tjeerd Royaards From Argentina to the Netherlands, democracies are crumbling. The post Around the World, Authoritarians Are Rising appeared first on The Nation.
December 11, 2023 Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible Our species can’t afford another century of the principles fostered by the Disney emporium. Ariel Dorfman Ad Policy A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse stands in front of Cinderella’s castle at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Matt Stroshane / Bloomberg…
14 minutes ago About sharing By June Kelly, Alex Dackevych, Judith Burns and Naresh Puri BBC News Three people who tortured, starved and beat to death a woman from west London have been found guilty of her murder. On the evening of Monday 12 September last year, 35-year-old Shakira Spencer was driven back to her…
Tjeerd Royaards Each new monthly issue will be much longer—with more room for hard-hitting investigative pieces and reporting that challenges corporate power and conventional wisdom. The post Around the World Authoritarians Are Rising appeared first on The Nation.
8 minutes ago About sharing The UK government is offering a package which is framed as dependent on the return of devolution By John Campbell BBC News NI economics and business editor The UK government is offering a financial package which it says is worth £2.5bn to support the return of a Stormont Executive. It…
World / December 11, 2023 Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral for Sgt. Maj. Gal Meir Eisenkot at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images) Wars…
World / December 11, 2023 “That Was the Pilot’s Mission, to Destroy My Home”: Gaza War Diaries, Pt. 3 Atef Abu Saif’s dispatches from the epicenter of the assault continue. Atef Abu Saif Ad Policy Palestinians gather to collect food cooked by volunteers for people who evacuated from Khan Younis to Rafah. (Mohammed Talatene /…
A manhunt is under way for the suspect, named by police as Robin Sebastien.