News President Trump met with trade team at White House amid tweetstorm that rocked marketsCNBC - Thomas Franck President Donald Trump met with his top trade advisors at the White House amid a slew of tweets that triggered market losses Friday. In his …
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Trump presses U.S. companies to close China operationsReuters - By David Shepardson and Andrea ShalalWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday he was ordering U.S. companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the United States instead,
Women of Color Georgia Mother Kills Herself, 2 Adult ChildrenEssence - Breanna Edwards Dr. Marsha Edwards posted a series of photos to her Instagram on Wednesday before the tragedy saying "I could not ask for better children." A Georgia …
Animals What the Amazon fires mean for wild animalsNational Geographic - Natasha Daly“In the Amazon, nothing is adapted to fire.” 10 percent of Earth’s animal species live there. The Amazon rainforest—home to one in 10 species on Earth—is on fire. As of last week, 9,000 wildfires were
Microplastics WHO Study Finds No Evidence Of Health Concerns From Microplastics In Drinking WaterNPR - Scott NeumanThe World Health Organization says there's not enough evidence to conclude that microplastics — which exist nearly everywhere in the environment and show up in drinking water — pose any risk to human but
David Koch The Koch Money Was a Primary Vector for the Prion Disease That's Infected the Republican PartyEsquire - By Charles P. PierceFair warning. I am about to speak very ill of the dead. David Koch went to his eternal barbecue spit on Friday. Except for his surviving brother, Charles, no man had a worse effect on American politics
Nuclear Energy Russia launches floating nuclear reactor in Arctic despite warnings24matins.uk - By Andrea PALASCIANO, Russia will launch the world’s first floating nuclear reactor and send it on an epic journey across the Arctic on Friday, despite environmentalists …
How Asian Americans Use Kitchen Gardens To Reclaim Their HeritageHuffPost - Alana DaoGrowing produce that's common in Asia has become a radical act of cultural preservation. Growing up in Texas among a large Asian American community, I remember many family friends with extensive backyard
Hong Kong Hong Kong protests: YouTube takes down 200 channels spreading disinformationThe Guardian - Agence France-PresseYouTube has disabled 210 channels that appeared to be part of a coordinated influence campaign against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The action by the Google-owned service came as Twitter and Facebook
News (U.S.) Justice Department Sent Immigration Judges Anti-Semitic Blog Post From White Nationalist Hate Groupslate.com - Elliot Hannon The latest example of an entire administration being functionally in over its head comes from the Justice Department.
Barbecue Can a Chain BBQ Joint Actually be Consistently Good?thrillist.com - Kevin Alexander Editor’s Note: Welcome to Too Fast Too Casual, a new review series where our National Writer-at-Large Kevin Alexander takes a close look at both …
Millennials The Critical Points: Stop Making ‘Entitled’ Your Standard Responsethepointsguy.com - Richard Kerr Each week in his column “The Critical Points,” TPG Loyalty and Engagement Editor Richard Kerr presents his opinion on a loyalty program, card product …
DWP Most slave shipwrecks have been overlooked—until nowNational Geographic - Kim M. Williamson400 years after slavery began in the United States, black scuba divers are searching for ships that carried enslaved Africans to the Americas. No one ever asked the free Africans if they wanted to leave
Success How to get along with negative peopleLadders - LaRae Quy Negative people show up in all walks of life. As an undercover FBI agent, I couldn’t pick and choose the people I met. So, I learned to get along …
Entrepreneurship A 24-year-old entrepreneur was bored in science class — so she started this companyCNBC - Elizabeth Schulze Komal Dadlani was 24 years-old when she completed her Master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Chile. She loved science — but would …
Monsanto Emails Show Monsanto Orchestrated GOP Effort to Intimidate Cancer ResearchersThe Intercept - Lee Fang In 2015, the World Health Organization’s cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, classified glyphosate, an active …
Amazon Watch The Amazon rainforest is on fire: What's happening and how you can helpCNET - Shelby Brown A record number of fires have been raging for three weeks.
Congressional Committees Whistleblower gives House Dems evidence of "inappropriate" conduct on Trump tax returnsSalon - Igor DeryshA federal employee turned over “credible” evidence to House Democrats of possible “inappropriate efforts to influence” the IRS presidential audit process, House lawyers said in a court filing Tuesday.
Whales Blue WhaleNational GeographicBlue whales are the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These magnificent marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet long and upwards of 200 tons. Their tongues alone can weigh as
News Hong Kong accountants walk off the job, joining protests in Asian financial hubNBC News - Paul Goldman"Professionals are very concerned with how this government is running," accountant and protest organizer Kenneth Leung said. HONG KONG — One of the world's leading financial centers was without some of
Success 7 overused phrases to eliminate from your work emailsLadders - Lucinda Starr Email is a necessary evil in almost every workplace. Despite our attempts to optimize our time, it’s all too easy to spend hours mindlessly …
Hong Kong YouTube Channels Suspended For 'Coordinated' Influence Campaign Against Hong KongNPR - Scott NeumanGoogle has suspended 210 YouTube channels it says were being used as part of a "coordinated" campaign to influence public opinion about the pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The move follows Twitter's
U.S. Politics Putin orders Russia to respond after US missile testAssociated Press - By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated PressMOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military on Friday to work out a quid pro quo response after the test of a new U.S. missile banned under a now-defunct arms treaty. In Sunday's
Detroit, MI Dog owner charged with murder in mauling death of nine-year-old girlReuters - by Rich McKay(Reuters) - The owner of three dogs that mauled a 9-year-old girl to death in Detroit earlier this week was in jail on Friday, held on a $2 million bond on charges that include second-degree murder. Pierre
Jair Bolsonaro As Amazon burns, Brazil's Bolsonaro tells rest of world not to interfereNBC News - ReutersThe threat to what some call "the lungs of the planet" has ignited a bitter dispute about who is to blame. Amid growing international criticism over the wildfires raging through the Amazon, Brazilian Jair
Stan Lee Stan Lee’s Daughter Claims No One From Marvel or Disney Reached Out After His Deathio9 - Charles Pulliam-Moore With the arc of Spider-Man’s cinematic future becoming the latest topic of conversation, everyone’s chiming in with their thoughts and opinions about …
Politics The tide is starting to turn on one of Trump's favorite industriesCNN - By Katie Lobosco, CNNWashington (CNN) — The tide is starting to turn on one of President Donald Trump's favorite industries: Steel. In Michigan, US Steel is temporarily laying off about 200 workers at a plant just outside
U.S. Politics The nation's cartoonists on the week in politicsPOLITICO - POLITICO StaffEvery week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the
Photoshop Police Abused Photoshop in OregonThe Atlantic - Conor FriedersdorfPolice in Oregon manipulated a photo to make a suspect look more like the perpetrator. Last week, The Oregonian newspaper exposed what ought to be a headline-grabbing scandal in the course of reporting
