What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago, Ukraine’s supporters were watching on optimistically, as all signs pointed toward Donald Trump allowing Ukraine to acquire long-range Tomahawk missiles at a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday. Giving the green light for Ukraine to buy and use such powerful weapons would have dramatically increased the…
After almost 20 years of poor economic performance, the U.K. has emerged as the next ground zero for the far right. Sclerotic growth, stagnant real wages, and crumbling public services are generating profound dissatisfaction. Economic optimism is now at its lowest level since records began; worse than even Britain’s “winter of discontent” in 1978, the…
Earlier this year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky sat in the Oval Office and endured a brutal dressing-down. President Donald Trump told Zelensky he had “disrespected the United States,” Vice President JD Vance scolded him for a lack of gratitude, and Trump told the Ukrainian leader, “You don’t have the cards. With us, you have the…
Do you ever feel your energy crash halfway through the day? The foods you eat, and the way you eat them, play a massive role in whether your energy levels feel steady or like a roller coaster. “Calories are quite literally energy for our bodies—and the foods you choose can directly influence your energy levels,”…
A Chinese woman with a master’s degree in film directing from the UK who now works as a part-time restaurant waiter in Beijing says she is not ashamed of her job choice because she is still chasing her acting dream. Yu Shutian, 29, returned to China at the end of 2021 after obtaining her degree…
On May 19th, Nebraska was granted the first waiver allowing a state to prohibit purchases of soda and energy drinks through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps. A few days later, waivers were approved for Indiana and Iowa to be able to exclude soda and candy, and soon after, waivers were granted…
On May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers luminaries from the spheres of art, business, politics, sports, and entertainment to raise money for the museum’s Costume Institute. Each year, guests of the Met gala adhere to a dress code that corresponds with the spring exhibition…
On May 5, The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts its annual Met Gala—an enormous world-renowned fundraiser that gathers luminaries from the spheres of art, business, politics, sports, and entertainment to raise money for the museum’s Costume Institute. Each year, guests of the Met gala adhere to a dress code that corresponds with the spring exhibition…