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Tech bro fascism looks like a lot like old-fashioned fascism
Boing Boing· 23 hours agoInstead we have a new generation of robber barons who have decided they are smarter than everyone...
Kentucky Derby at 150 is bucket-list Americana. But can it outrun racing’s woes?
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoTo paraphrase a wiseguy I once knew, this Saturday’s Kentucky Derby — the 150th edition of the famed...
Opinion | Gardens of Good and Evil
New York Times· 1 day agoMs. Laing is the author of the forthcoming book “The Garden Against Time.” It wasn’t until the lockdowns of 2020 that the garden began to take on a more...
Want to throw a Gilded Age dinner party? Here’s the book for you | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 3 days agoIn "The Gilded Age Cookbook: Recipes and Stories From America's Golden Era," author Becky Libourel...
Trustbusters target poor man’s John D. Rockefeller
Reuters· 22 hours agoTaking on industrialist John D. Rockefeller and breaking up his Standard Oil helped shape U.S. anti-monopoly law more than a century ago. By comparison,...
Collusion in Health Care Pricing? Regulators Are Asked to Investigate
New York Times· 2 days agoA data analytics firm has helped big health insurers cut payments to doctors, raising concerns about...
‘Scareville: Got Ghosts?’ is a fright for kids | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWith the help of the Spores, Olly and Em foil the attempts of the devious robber baron to seize...
Georgia Power: Plant Vogtle’s Unit 4 placed into commercial operation
The Center Square· 4 days agoAccording to Georgia Power, Vogtle’s Unit 3 began commercial operation on July 31, 2023, and with...
Elliott Epstein: Bully billionaire Bill Gates isn’t much better as a philanthropist
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 6 days agoIs there such a thing as a “good” billionaire? In his 2023 book, “The Bill Gates Problem,”...
Portland musician Samuel James shares the Black American folk tradition any way he can
Portland Press Herald· 5 days agoSamuel James answers questions from students Tuesday after a school program put on by Portland...