Month: September 2022
Bolsonaro Brings Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ Tactics to the Brazilian Election
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has spent much of the past four years imitating one man: Donald Trump. Bolsonaro did so during his 2018 presidential campaign, when his iconoclastic political style and crude statements about women, Indigenous groups, and the media
Read MoreAn Oakland school shooting that injured 6 was gang-related, police say
Officials said at least two gunmen were targeting a specific person and that they are still working to determine what touched off the shooting. It comes amid a surge in violence across the city. (Image credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/East Bay
Read MoreEurozone Inflation Sets Another Record, Hitting 10 Percent in September
Jumps in energy and food prices again pushed inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro to the highest annual rate recorded since the currency was created.
Read MoreTrevor Noah said he is leaving The Daily Show. Take a look at some memorable moments
Noah announced Thursday he is leaving the show, seven years after he took over as host from Jon Stewart. (Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP)
Read MoreIn a bio-engineered dystopia, ‘Vesper’ finds seeds of hope
In the sci-fi drama Vesper, the title character is a 13 year old bio-hacker who lives in a future where humankind has wiped out all edible plants. (Image credit: Courtesy of IFC Films)
Read More‘Luda’ isn’t a book you read — it’s a book you experience
Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison. (Image credit: Del Ray)
Read MoreHow one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others
When Carlos Villa asked about Filipino artists as a student he was told: there weren’t any. (Image credit: Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR)
Read MoreBonds May Be Having Their Worst Year Yet
This has been the most devastating time for bonds since at least 1926, and maybe in centuries. But, our columnist writes, much of the damage is already behind us.
Read MorePutin rails against Western ‘dictatorship’ as he declares four Ukrainian regions as Russian
Vladimir Putin has railed against Western “dictatorship” as he declared Russian rule over four regions of Ukraine.
Read MoreTexts released ahead of Twitter trial show Elon Musk assembling the deal
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter went down via private text messages between the Tesla CEO and a small circle of Silicon Valley’s rich and powerful, according to court filings released this week. (Image credit: Delaware Chancery Court )
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