Business

Social Security and Medicare cuts are coming because the bond market will force Congress: economist

Lawmakers have known for decades that U.S. entitlement programs are on unsustainable paths as demographics inevitably skew the population older. Attempts to come up with a fix have gone nowhere, but the expected insolvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds by 2034 will serve as a catalyst, with the bond market forcing Congress to bite the bullet, according...

Crypto

At Bitcoin Asia Everything Was Upside Down

The suits are here, and Bitcoiners are the new hype in financial markets. That’s been the story for most of this year, culminating spectacularly in the bitcoin price plunge during Bitcoin Asia 2025. Bitcoin, the most vocal vote-of-no-confidence in the permissioned fiat monetary system is now rushing headfirst back into traditional finance. Cypherpunks, morphed into suitcoiners, have found their ultimate...

Culture

Instrumentalizing summer camps | Eurozine

On 18 February 2025, Ukraine marked three years since the start of Russia’s mass deportations of Ukrainian children, a crime of genocide, according to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The date is significant, as it precedes the start of the full-scale invasion, reminding us that, prior to 24 February 2022, Russia had already been occupying Ukrainian territories...

Economy

Ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in New Hampshire car crash; here’s what his spokesperson said

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani sustained serious injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire, his spokesperson said on Sunday (August 31, 2025). According to the spokesperson, he is recovering from a fractured vertebrae and other injuries. Briefing about the accident, Giuliani's head of security, Michael Ragusa, posted a statement on X stating that Giuliani's vehicle was struck...

Education

How Prepared are ‘COVID Kindergartners’ for School?

“Just being in utero during a highly stressful time had some developmental effects on infants,” Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician and neuroscientist at Columbia University and chair of an ongoing study on pandemic newborns, told NPR. “They weren’t large effects but that was a very worrisome sign given that so many women gave birth during that period.” Dumitriu’s research, published in...

Entertainment

Rudy Giuliani Hospitalized After Car Accident

Rudy Guiliani is recovering from a terrifying car crash. The former New York City mayor was hospitalized after being involved in a motor vehicle accident on the evening of Aug. 20 in New Hampshire, during which he was allegedly hit from behind on the highway after stopping to help a victim of domestic violence. “Prior to the incident, he was...

Fashion

Amazon Sundays – Julia Berolzheimer

Amazon Skirt, Similar Bodysuit Welcome to this week’s Amazon Sundays, landing as August draws to a close and September begins to take shape. This edit leans into the shift ahead with finds that feel right for the turn of the month. From everyday style, to fall staples (boots included), each piece brings a touch of character to the season ahead....

Finance

Trump’s trade adviser says tariffs aren’t permanent after court strikes down reciprocal duties

White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are not permanent as he sought to undercut a ruling from a federal court that dealt a major blow to the administration’s trade policy. On Friday night, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that most of Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs on...

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