The New York Times2 hours agoEl Salvador’s Bitcoin Paradise Is a Mirageverified_publisherThe New York TimesSAN SALVADOR — Bitcoiners — enthusiasts of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency — aren’t supposed to trust government. After all, one of Bitcoin’s premises is to separate money from the state. But what happens when the enthusiast is the state? In El Salvador over the past year, many members of …
The New York Times2 hours agoWill Reactionaries Impose a Red-State Social Order on the Rest of Us?verified_publisherThe New York TimesOne way to understand the work of the Republican Party and its six-member majority on the Supreme Court is to think about the American political system in terms of its defensive and offensive potential. Here, a historical example is in order. For the political and economic elites of the Jim Crow …
The New York TimesNowThe Democrat Who’s Flipping the Campaign Scriptverified_publisherThe New York TimesROCK HALL, Md. — When Dave Harden decided to run for Congress as a Democrat on Maryland’s conservative Eastern Shore, a friend gave him a piece of free advice. “Democrats lose on three things: abortion, guns and regulations,” the friend said. “If you keep one, you have to give up the other …
The New York Times1 day agoThe American Flag Belongs to Me, Too, and This Year I’m Taking It Backverified_publisherThe New York Times - Margaret RenklNASHVILLE — We bought our house from a military veteran who hauled his flag out on every officially patriotic occasion. It hung from a flag mount embedded in the bark of a maple tree, and during our first years in the house we followed suit, at least on the Fourth of July. Back then our neighborhood …
The New York Times1 day agoWhat to Do Now to Prepare for the Next Recessionverified_publisherThe New York TimesIn the face of rising inflation, the Federal Reserve is trying to cool down the economy, raising interest rates by 0.75 percentage point in June, the biggest increase since 1994. Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, has vowed to try to engineer a “soft landing” — in which demand drops, …
The New York Times1 day agoStop Asking Those Closest to Tragedy to Do the Heaviest Liftingverified_publisherThe New York Times - Nelba Márquez-GreeneNearly a decade has passed since my daughter, Ana Grace, was shot and killed along with 19 other children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. If you’re looking for a family’s “tragedy to triumph” narrative, as I suspect many are, I can’t give that to you. Ana …
