Like Theranos, WeWork needed the willful credulity and capital of a lot of people at the top of the American meRiTOcrAcY to keep the grift going for as long as it did: We Co., as the parent company is officially known, was already a distressed...
Author: Scott Lemieux
The actor who was central to the great French New Wave has died: Anna Karina, the Danish-born actress who became a symbol of the French New Wave in Jean-Luc Godard’s.
Post Deadspin Magary has a compilation of the decade's most irrelevant figures. I'll highlight a few favorites, starting with James Harden: I despise watching the Rockets. pic.twitter.com/47tzFX4xzn— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) November.
This kind: "Jeff stabbed us in the back, certainly,” said a seething Michael Suleiman, the Atlantic County chairman. "It’s disgusting. It’s a disgrace. Good riddance.” He added, “Maybe he’ll be the new ambassador to Ukraine.” With activists furious about Van Drew’s stand, one New Jersey...
Remember after the election of Donald Trump when pundits kept wondering when Trump would GO TOO FAR for establishment Republicans? Well funny story about that! He's getting impeached and Mitch.
Well, you can't say that he's off brand: Journalism has had a rough year full of layoffs across the country, and Bloomberg Media, the company owned by the latest entrant.
Here we go: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether President Trump can block the release of his financial records, setting the stage for a blockbuster ruling on the power of presidents to resist demands for information from prosecutors and Congress.The court’s ruling,...
Democratic candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams speaks during an election-night watch party Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Brian Kemp got what he (and John Roberts).
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (3rd L) shares a laugh with Republican members of Congress after signing legislation to repeal the Affordable Care.
Well, it appears this hasn't gone well. I would assume our prescient correspondent in England will have more. A few points: I would have like to be able to run history again with a Labour leader who actually opposed Brexit. That said, it's unlikely that...
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., center, speaks with committee members Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April.
A prisoner at Gitmo has done a series of sketches showing the torture inflicted on him at a CIA black site in 2002: One shows the prisoner nude and strapped.