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Is Aziz Ansari Sorry?
The Waves also discusses the Riverside Church controversy and the case of Sarah Milov.
Your Opinions on Her Wardrobe Are Probably Unwelcome
What we say matters, especially depending on whom we say it to.
What Role Does HR Play in the #MeToo Era?
The Waves also discusses the case against Jeffrey Epstein and Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s Fleishman Is in Trouble.
US markets have spiraled. Americans had doubts about Trump’s tariffs before that.
Recent polls showed Americans were wary of tariffs, even before the president launched his plan to realign the global trade order.
Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response
The president’s sweeping tariff plan has thrown markets into chaos and risks sparking a global trade war.
‘There are no guarantees’: Scott Bessent won’t rule out a recession
He also said he isn’t worried about stock market turbulence, following the worst week in the market in two years.
Trump’s business acumen has long been his armor. It’s being put to the test.
The normally bullish Trump over the weekend declined to rule out the possibility of a full-blown recession as his tariff policies threaten to spark a massive global trade war.
Trump won’t rule out a recession in 2025
“I hate to predict things like that,” Trump said when pressed about the possibility of a recession during a recorded interview that aired on “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo.
“Can’t Look Away”: New Documentary Examines How Social Media Addiction Can Harm — Even Kill — Kids
Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media is a new documentary that exposes the real-life consequences of the algorithms of Big Tech companies and their impact on children and teens. In 2022, social media companies made an estimated $11 billion advertising to minors in the U.S., where 95% of teenagers use social media. One in three teens uses social media almost constantly.
“An Attack on Labor”: Washington Farmworker Organizer “Lelo” Detained in Trump Immigration Crackdown
Longtime immigrant farmworker and organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino was pulled over last week by a plainclothes agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an unmarked car who broke his car window and forcibly detained him. “Within not even a minute of interaction, of getting pulled over, he was already in handcuffs,” says Edgar Franks, the political director of independent farmworkers union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, which he co-founded with Lelo.
Reproductive Rights Crackdown: Planned Parenthood CEO on Supreme Court Case, Title X & More
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that may cut off Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding. Planned Parenthood says the move violates the Medicaid Act’s “free choice of provider” provision, which says patients are entitled to choose their own doctors. The case, brought by the state of South Carolina, could impact the care of low-income patients who rely on Planned Parenthood for a range of non-abortion services, including cancer screenings and full physical exams.
ICE Detains Mother & Her Three Children in Farm Raid Near NY Home of Border Czar Tom Homan
We speak with New York Immigration Coalition President Murad Awawdeh about a mother and three children who were swept up in an ICE raid not far from the home of Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan in Sackets Harbor, New York, handcuffed and taken to a family detention center in Texas despite having no order of deportation. A protest calling for the family’s return is planned for this Saturday, and the mayor has called a state of emergency.
Kennedy announces support for measles vaccine amid outbreak
The statement is a surprising turn for the health secretary and comes amid reports of a second child’s death.
Wayne Gretzky, Former Canadian Hero
In the summer of 1988, when I was 14 years old, I went camping with my family not far outside Toronto. We emerged from the woods and I wandered over to a newspaper box by the side of the road. Through its cracked glass, I saw a front-page picture of Wayne Gretzky, weeping. He’d been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings. I followed my idol’s lead and burst into tears.
Gretzky, back then at least, was more than a hockey player to Canadians.
Jack Black Knew Best
For a show that prides itself on being, well, live, Saturday Night Live doesn’t usually thrive on engaging its in-studio audience. The machine of the long-running program doesn’t lend itself to spontaneity; any participation from the crowd is typically scripted.
But last night’s episode had a shaggier, looser vibe. Credit that to the host, Jack Black, and, in a surprise twist, last week’s musical guest, Morgan Wallen.
The Cabinet Secretary Who Wants His Cookies Freshly Baked
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum likes chocolate-chip cookies—preferably freshly baked and still warm.
This peculiar fact became the talk of the Department of Interior in recent weeks after his chief of staff, JoDee Hanson, made an unusual request of the political appointees in his office: Learn to regularly bake cookies for Burgum and his guests, using the industrial ovens at the department headquarters.
That request was not the only move by his team that has alarmed some Interior officials.
A Hilarious Movie That Understands the South
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The Reason Behind Trump’s Newest Tariffs Is Dumber Than You Think
He’s turning basic groceries into luxury items.
Money Talks: Journalism’s Big Bad
David Enrich joins to discuss his book on the legal war being waged on journalism.
The Videos From the Myanmar Earthquakes Are Horrifying. This One Haunted Me Most of All.
They expose the fissures in society, between those who have a well-built home, an insurance policy, or somewhere else to go—and those who do not.
RFK Jr. said HHS would rehire thousands of fired workers. That wasn’t true.
The health department has no plan to mass reinstate employees it cut earlier this week.
RFK Jr. drops plan to have Medicare, Medicaid cover weight loss drugs
The health secretary says better diet and exercise will keep Americans trim.
RFK Jr.’s staff cuts leave health workers scrambling
Employees who survived mass firings this week say management hasn’t provided an accounting.
Which jobs were cut at CDC? Here’s a list.
The Trump administration wants the agency to focus on infectious disease. Other areas of public health were hit hardest.
Is Aziz Ansari Sorry?
The Waves also discusses the Riverside Church controversy and the case of Sarah Milov.