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That American white supremacism once more reared its ugly head last weekend was not shocking; it’s been experiencing a resurgence for several years. That president Donald Trump equivocated about condemning it was also, sadly, no surprise. What’s troubling is how ambivalent much of America has been about it. That might not be your impression if […]

*This post has been updated After more than three months away on medical vacation, Nigeria’s president Buhari has returned home, the presidency has announced on Twitter. President Buhari had been in London for three months (104 days) treating an undisclosed ailment. It was the second time in 2017 president Buhari had been away for an […]

If you’re judging by what’s happening in Apple’s App Store, Game of Thrones is currently generating more money than hookups, music streaming, crushing candy, and any of the lot of weird shows Netflix has on offer. For two days in a row, HBO Now—the company’s $15-a-month standalone service, distinct from its HBO Go app for […]Read More

The total solar eclipse will impact you whether you believe in astrology or not, so be prepared for the celestial shakeup. 🌟 Language of the universe 🌟 Astrology is the 5000-year-old Babylonian practice of studying the stars’ movements to determine their influence on the planet. It mixes the empirical and the mystical—part-nature cult (the cosmos […]

The last time Floyd Mayweather lost was when he was robbed as an amateur during the semi-finals of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He is unbeaten in 49 fights as a pro. He has never been knocked out. Yet a flurry of bets has landed on Conor McGregor, making his pro boxing debut, doing just that […]

In 1962, a teenager in Oregon named Lou Tomososki and a friend both made the mistake of looking directly at a partial solar eclipse without any protective eyewear. Tomososki saw bursts of light, like those from a flashbulb. His vision in his right eye never recovered. “You know how the news people blur a license […]

Steve Bannon, who until yesterday was chief strategist to US president Donald Trump, has barely been out of the White House a day, but whisperings have already begun about what he may do next. Axios reports that Bannon has said to friends “he sees a massive opening to the right of Fox News.” (Fox News, […]

Berlin, Germany Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the death of Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, hundreds of neo-Nazis marched today in Berlin. Gathering behind a banner emblazoned with the words of Hess at the Nuremburg Trials in 1946—“I regret nothing”—around 500 white-shirted neo-Nazis were effectively enclosed by hundreds of riot police and fenced in by vans […]Read More

Foot Locker sells sneakers and clothes from many of the top brands in the sportswear industry, and Nike, including its Jordan brand, is by far the label that dominates its stores. Last year, about 68% (pdf, p. 26) of the products Foot Locker purchased came from Nike, according to the company’s annual report. Often that […]

Which side—the white nationalists or the counter-protesters—bears greater responsibility for the Charlottesville violence, which directly resulted in the death of a 32-year-old counter-protester? It should be a factual question. And also a moral one, considering that the demonstrators had gathered in the spirit of a homegrown terror group that lynched thousands of blacks and a […]

Steve Bannon was fired from his role as top White House advisor today, after nearly a year steering both US president Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the administration’s early months. His exit is yet another prominent departure for the Trump administration, which has lost multiple high ranking staffers since Trump took office. The president was […]

Today, Facebook is a dominant social network—that’s not enough for CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He wants to help us see things that aren’t there. Facebook is working on designing augmented reality glasses that could display digital objects in the physical world, according to a patent application filed Aug. 17. Zuckerberg had previously shown photos of similar […]Read More