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Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on Trial
Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen golden boy of crypto, is going on trial for what prosecutors are calling the largest financial fraud in recent history.…
2 years, 8 months ago
Amazon’s Most Beloved Features May Turn Out to Be Illegal
The U.S. government has filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, pointing to a set of familiar features that have made, the internet retail…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Sunday Read: ‘The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China’
As China strove for a larger role on the international stage at the turn of the century, the arrival of the internet and a relatively relaxed politic…
2 years, 8 months ago
Why the Government is About to Shut Down
A showdown between House Republicans and their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is heading toward a government shutdown.Carl Hulse, chief Washington c…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Presidential Politics of the Autoworkers’ Strike
Although one major strike, against Hollywood studios, was finally resolved this past week, another, against U.S. vehicle makers, is expanding. The pl…
2 years, 9 months ago
Did Hollywood Writers Get Their Happy Ending?
After 148 days on strike, writers of movies and television are returning to work on Wednesday with an agreement in hand that amounts to a major win f…
2 years, 9 months ago
Gold Bars, Wads of Cash and a Senator’s Indictment
In one of the most serious political corruption cases in recent history, federal prosecutors have accused a senior U.S. senator of trading the power …
2 years, 9 months ago
An Unexpected Battle Over Banning Caste Discrimination
California is poised to become the first state to outlaw discrimination based on a person’s caste. The system of social stratification, which dates b…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Sunday Read: ‘The Kidnapped Child Who Became a Poet’
“The weird thing about growing up kidnapped,” Shane McCrae, the 47-year-old American poet, told me in his melodious, reedy voice one rainy afternoon …
2 years, 9 months ago
He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.
Warning: This episode contains descriptions of rape, sexual abuse and death.As an epidemic of fentanyl use continues in America, causing tens of thou…
2 years, 9 months ago