Is the United States becoming a plutocracy?
With the manifestly unqualified but immensely rich Donald Trump serving as the nation’s first billionaire president, it’s not hard to draw that conclusion. And there are numerous other signs, as well, that great wealth has become a central factor in American politics.
Although big money has always played an important role in U.S. political campaigns, its influence has been growing over the past decade. According to the Center for Responsive Politics... Читать дальше...
On July 19, 1969, Senator Edward M. Kennedy drove his black Oldsmobile off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. His 28-year-old passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, was killed in the accident.
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A protest of desegregation busing in Boston, 1974
From the last Democratic debate, we learned that in the 1970s Joe Biden opposed federally mandated busing to desegregate schools because he believed it was a dilemma to be reckoned with by local government.
To be fair to Joe, most people—black, brown, and white—at the time liked their neighborhood schools.
White-collar professionals purchased homes significantly based on the public school that came with them—historically... Читать дальше...
While watching HBO’s recent 5-part dramatization of the 1986 Soviet nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which spewed more radioactive material into the atmosphere than Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings combined, I kept thinking of all the suffering it caused. (Because of the difficulties of determining eventual early deaths due to radiation exposure, we don’t know whether they be in the thousands, tens of thousands, or more.)
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If you haven’t seen Samsung’s Apollo 11-themed television ad for its next-generation 8K TVs, it’s inspired: Families of contrasting backgrounds huddle around the tube in dark-paneled living rooms of the 1960s, eyes glistening with wonder, as they watch Neil Armstrong step onto the lunar surface. As commercials go, it’s a canny ode to American greatness past, and a stroke of advertising genius. It also reminds us that nostalgia makes for a foggy lens.
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Rihanna’s recent photoshoot with Harper’s Bazaar China had some people Riled up.
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Someone’s going home rich in Tennessee.
A single winning ticket for the $198 million Powerball was bought in Hendersonville, Tennessee, lottery officials announced Sunday.
The winner, who has not come forward yet, matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing: 13, 23, 32, 35, 68 and the Powerball...
Some of these you can actually do from your bed — AND you still get clear skin!!!
Читать дальше...Celtic have turned down Arsenal's new bid for left-back Kieran Tierney.
Indian Chandrayaan 2 mission was to send an orbiter, lander and rover to the lunar south pole.
Indian Chandrayaan 2 mission was to send an orbiter, lander and rover to the lunar south pole.
Match decided in Super Over after scores tied at 241 at the end of 50 overs.
Financial market uncertainty and accommodative US monetary policy fuelling a surge in investment demand.
All you need to know about types of visa in the UAE.
The visa fee exemption is beneficial to children provided they are accompanied by their parents.
Sheikh Mohammed was born on July 15, 1949, at the Al Maktoum house in Al Shindagha.
Infrastructure New Zealand Chair Andrew Stevens today announced that former BNZ General Manager of Institutional Banking Paul Blair will take over as Chief Executive of Infrastructure New Zealand following the Building Nations Symposium to be held ...
Representatives from Yemen's government and Huthi rebels tasked with pulling forces out of the key port city of Hodeida met Sunday for the first time in five months.…
Boy band hitmaker behind SMAP and Arashi helped shape Japanese music scene
The Congolese Health Ministry confirmed a case in Goma, a city home to more than 2 million. The country's Ebola outbreak is the second deadliest in history.
Jean-Eric Vergne became the first double Formula E champion at the season finale in New York after his rivals crashed on the final lap.
Biohaven is urging patients and physicians to “Demand More” from acute migraine treatments. That’s the tagline of its just-launched effort to draw attention to the lack of satisfactory options.
