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Новости за 17.12.2024

ABC News settlement with Trump sends chill through media

TheHill.com 

ABC News’s decision to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by President-elect Trump is sending a chill through the media, with press organizations suggesting it is a major blow. “It should not be seen as normal for powerful elected officials to wage legal campaigns against members of the press and their employers,” Caroline Hendrie, executive director of...

4 Signs You’re Eating Too Much Salt

VOGUE.com 

How do you know if you are eating too much salt? Or, perhaps, too little? When it comes to salt, it is entirely possible to be getting the wrong amount.

What If Tech Execs Don’t Really Need All These Data Centers?

The New Republic 

A “fiber glut” might sound like a phrase uttered by a wellness influencer extolling the virtues of ancient grains. In reality, it’s the name for an early 2000s phenomenon that drove some of the world’s fastest-growing companies into the ground. Amid the pre-Y2K dot-com boom, corporations, industry analysts, and even the U.S. Department of Commerce began to circulate a shocking statistic: that the internet doubled in size every one hundred days, implying an annual growth rate of 1,000 percent.... Читать дальше...

Trump Is Going Back to War With Congress

The New Republic 

Every American schoolkid learns how the federal government works. Congress, as the legislative branch, writes the laws and sets the budget. The president enforces those laws unless he vetoes them and spends whatever money Congress authorizes. This is fairly elementary stuff.

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These 2 practices can help us create a stronger civil society

Co.EXIST 

There’s a lot that the private sector can do.

In the wake of hurricanes striking across the Southeast this fall, nonprofit organizations played a vital role in delivering much needed aid to hard hit communities. Last month, nonprofits across the country took part in educating voter. They registered young people to vote, and encouraged broad participation in the democratic process. It’s especially clear today that participation in civil society—whether through giving or volunteering— is... Читать дальше...

Is It a Movie or a Film?

The New Yorker 

Movies are scored by Hans Zimmer. Films are scored by someone who has said, at least once, “I don’t feel challenged by Hans Zimmer’s work.”

Reasons to Leave Syria—and to Return

The New Yorker 

In one border town, some Syrians were fleeing to Lebanon, as others celebrated Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, or returned from exile in search of the missing.