Lindey Graham’s Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing with Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday. After a totally unprepared and uncoordinated session with former DAG Rod Rosenstein, Graham’s committee is exhausted. They decided yesterday to postpone their vote for further testimonies to next Thursday. It was announced on May 14th that the […]
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This image from the Twitter account of President Donald Trump shows a tweet he posted on Friday, May 29, 2020, after protesters in Minneapolis. On Tuesday, the Center for Democracy and Technology sued Trump over the president’s executive order aimed at limiting a legal protection long enjoyed by tech companies […]
As the economic dimension of the COVID-19 crisis comes into clearer view, what have we learned about the battle for the future of money? Does the dollar reign supreme? Are within-the-system competitors like the euro or China’s digital yuan gaining ground? Does an outside the system alternative like bitcoin stand […]
Health Care Crisis: Future Is Up To Us By Rita Valenti, Popular Resistance. May 29, 2020 Health Care Crisis: Future Is Up To Us2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/ga1.jpg200px200px Above photo: Mary Spoto, general manager of Madison Chop House Grille, prepares the restaurant to shift from takeout-only to dine-in service. Information that influenced Gov. Brian Kemp’s […]
Since March 23, bars and restaurants across the United Kingdom have been closed in attempt to fight the spread of the coronavirus. According to the UK’s Wine & Spirit Trade Association, the country’s industry employs in excess of 385,000 people and sales in bars and restaurants is worth £10.6 billion. […]
The Future Is Public By the Transnational Institute. May 27, 2020 The Future Is Public2020-05-272020-05-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/the-future-is-public.jpg200px200px Towards Democratic Ownership of Public Services. Resistance to privatisation has turned into a powerful force for change. (Re)municipalisation refers to the reclaiming of public ownership of services as well as the creation of new public […]
People pray inside St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephanie Keith/Getty Images People pray inside St. Michael’s Church on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we’ll reflect on experiences from Asian American listeners who have […]
The Navy’s newest Independence-class littoral combat ship, the future USS Oakland (LCS 24), successfully concluded acceptance trials here May 22 following a series of in-port and underway demonstrations in the Gulf of Mexico. Austal Chief Executive Officer David Singleton said the successful completion of acceptance trials for LCS 24 during […]
NASA has laid out plans for their future utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) over the next decade, including upgrades scheduled to be conducted on the outpost in the near term, its future use as an analog for human exploration missions beyond Earth Orbit, and the commercial expansion to […]
Despite a post-halving rise in bitcoin’s price Wednesday, the current value may not be enough to keep less-efficient miners operating, and that could shift market dynamics. At press time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading up 2.3% over 24 hours at $9,106. The world’s first cryptocurrency is trading above its 10-day and […]
From gaming and entertainment to the future of the banking industry, here are live interviews from the Consensus: Distributed virtual summit. There is a shared sense that the world has shifted. Now begins the messy work of figuring out what it means for the future we’re headed into. This live […]
The Bank of England (BoE) has dug its heels in and said it won’t be told what to do by any tech providers about what is and isn’t possible when designing a future central bank digital currency (CBDC). Speaking briefly during Consensus: Distributed’s Future of Fiat Workshop, the BoE’s senior […]
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty So this is the way that one of aviation’s greatest leaps of technology comes to an abrupt ending, thanks to the coronavirus: In late April, a small crowd gathers at the edge of the airport at Alice Springs, Australia—known in Australia colloquially as […]
Business 16:57 GMT 08.05.2020Get short URL https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107802/01/1078020122_0:270:3160:2048_1200x675_80_0_0_0d39339275ccb6e736b011bb49d0696d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202005081079247118-german-ambassador-in-russia-says-future-of-nord-stream-2-looks-hopeful/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The prospects of the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project across the Baltic look quite hopeful, German Ambassador to Moscow Geza Andreas von Geyr said on Friday. “As far as a […]
The U.S. workforce has transformed in a matter of weeks, with millions of Americans now working from home full time and many places closed. On this broadcast of The National Conversation, we answer your questions about navigating the changing workplace. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Johannes […]