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The Spice Economy
Maryland-based spice company, McCormick, is absorbing Unilever’s food division in a massive “takeunder.
The Economy Is in Even Rougher Shape Than It Looks
Things aren’t giving way just yet—but they’re getting shakier and shakier.
Money Talks: The Broken Promise of America’s Next Top Model
The iconic reality show promised its contestants the chance to build a career, but only the creators found real success.
Conspiracy Theories Abound After a Suspicious Spike in Oil Markets.
A flurry of activity renewed concerns about insider trading in the Trump administration.
Top drug lobbyist to depart PhRMA at year end
The announcement of Steve Ubl’s departure, disclosed during a board call, caps a decade atop the brand-name drug lobby.
Poll: Here’s what MAHA actually believes
A new POLITICO Poll finds that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy again supporters don’t align with him — or each other — on some key issues.
How the GOP’s fraud crackdown could impact the midterms
While many Republicans approve of tackling fraud, the Trump administration’s recent efforts may not be enough to overcome concerns about higher costs.
Trump admin moves Title X family planning program away from contraception, toward conception
New guidance, and the promise of a new rule, are expected to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood starting in 2027.
When Church Was a Queer Space
Outward’s hosts sit down with the host and co-creator of When We All Get to Heaven.
Remembering, with the People of MCC San Francisco, AIDS Still Isn’t Over.
The neighborhood changes, the church moves, people forget and remember “the AIDS years,” but AIDS isn’t over.
What Happens When You Organize Church Around AIDS – and AIDS Changes?
The AIDS cocktail opens new possibilities. And MCC San Francisco tries to use the experience of AIDS to make bigger social change.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose.
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it.
A Church Romance Between a Hula Dancer and a Lumbersexual Blossoms in a Dangerous Time.
The church’s “it couple” faces AIDS, caregiving, and loss as part of a pair, part of families, and part of a community.
Trump Keeps Gambling With the Economy — And Getting Away With It
President Donald Trump has taken one risk after another that could have destabilized the American economy. Iran is the latest crisis to test U.S. economic resilience.
‘I’ve won affordability’: Trump previews SOTU in Georgia rally
The president stopped in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old district to defend his economic record.
“Steal This Story, Please!”: Documentary on Amy Goodman & Democracy Now! in Theaters April 10
Amy Goodman, along with co-host Juan González and Pacifica Radio, launched Democracy Now! on WBAI 30 years ago as the only daily election show in public broadcasting. It grew from nine community radio stations to television, as well, the week of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. There’s a new documentary about Amy and Democracy Now! called Steal This Story, Please! We speak with the film’s Oscar-nominated directors Carl Deal and Tia Lessin.
Vance’s ‘Fraud Czar’ Title May Come Back to Haunt Him
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Vice President Vance is having a busy month. He may facilitate negotiations with Iran in Pakistan this weekend—part of the White House’s attempt to maintain the fragile cease-fire in the Middle East. But he’s also got his eye on domestic issues as the administration’s “fraud czar.
What Will Humanity Do With the Moon?
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From the window of Orion, home looks like a pale-blue marble slipping under the dark felt of the universe. The four people aboard the spacecraft, now earthbound after finishing their lunar flyby, have traveled farther from our planet than any person has ever ventured, and have seen more of the moon’s far side than any person has ever beheld.
After loss in court, RFK Jr. amends guidelines for key vaccine panel to emphasize risks of shots
A federal judge put the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on ice last month. The changes could help Kennedy find a way around that decision.
Reasons to be Hopeful in Iran
President Trump used to quip that Iran “never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.” Perhaps this view explains his decision to forsake previous rounds of talks over Iran’s nuclear program and wage a full-scale assault on the country. But Trump’s gambit may have backfired: In this particular war, Iran remains undefeated, which puts the country in an even stronger position when the two sides start talking in Islamabad tomorrow.
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
For the past several weeks, Anthropic says it secretly possessed a tool potentially capable of commandeering most computer servers in the world. This is a bot that, if unleashed, might be able to hack into banks, exfiltrate state secrets, and fry crucial infrastructure. Already, according to the company, this AI model has identified thousands of major cybersecurity vulnerabilities—including exploits in every single major operating system and browser.
Scientists Are Finally Unlocking a Cancer Treatment’s Full Potential
By the time Fabian Müller met the patient at the center of his newest research paper, he was fairly certain that an experimental treatment was her last hope. The patient, a 47-year-old mother of two, had for years been battling three severe autoimmune diseases, all of which were triggering her body to attack components of her blood. Her doctors had made nine separate attempts to treat her conditions, but none of them had worked.
Can Gulf States Rely on U.S. Security Guarantees? How the War Empowers Iran & Remakes the Region
As Iran destroyed energy facilities and infrastructure in all six of its Persian Gulf neighbors and blocks their shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf states — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates — are reevaluating their strategic alliances with the United States.
“The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power”: U. of Chicago Professor Robert Pape
Will Iran join China, Russia and the United States as a fourth major power on the world stage? Iran’s resilience in the face of the U.S.-Israeli war is already shifting the global balance of power, says American political scientist Robert Pape. “What you are seeing with Iran is that its geography, in combination with a level of drone technology that we simply cannot destroy,” is demonstrating to other countries that they may not have to stay beholden to U.S. hegemony.
10 Minutes, 100 Airstrikes: Israel Rejects Ceasefire for Lebanon, Kills 250+ in Massive Attack
On April 8, less than one day after the Trump administration agreed to a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, Israel struck Lebanon in its heaviest and deadliest attack on the country since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began. At least 250 deaths have been reported. Israeli and U.S. authorities are insisting that the ceasefire proposal did not include Lebanon, where Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah.
The Most Profitable Trend in Podcasting Is a Big Ugly Problem for the Rest of Us
Tech media is moving toward flattering, access-driven coverage, where the powerful reward friendly coverage.
The Spice Economy
Maryland-based spice company, McCormick, is absorbing Unilever’s food division in a massive “takeunder.
The Economy Is in Even Rougher Shape Than It Looks
Things aren’t giving way just yet—but they’re getting shakier and shakier.
Money Talks: The Broken Promise of America’s Next Top Model
The iconic reality show promised its contestants the chance to build a career, but only the creators found real success.