As the retail landscape undergoes a dramatic transformation, analysis finds 129,000 women lost jobs last year while men actually gained positions It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for US retailers, but not if you’re a woman working for one. Company sales reports are coming in and so far...
‘Mississippi Burning’ killer and former Ku Klux Klan leader dies in prison
Edgar Ray Killen, convicted for the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in US, dies aged 92Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted for the 1964 “Mississippi Burning” killings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92.Killen was serving three...
If authoritarianism is looming in the US – how come Donald Trump looks so weak? | Corey Robin
There’s little doubt that Trump’s regime is a cause for concern. But fears about authoritarianism in the US ignore political realitiesIn the last several weeks, there’s been an uptick in the Trump authoritarianism talk. Matt Yglesias kicked it off the day after Christmas, claiming that Trump had...
I was Mark Zuckerberg’s mentor. Today I would tell him: your users are in peril
Facebook is a big part of my portfolio, and I fear the dangers of tech addiction. While investors’ recent open letter to Apple is significant, more need to speak upI am a tech investor, and Facebook is by far my largest investment. Still, for the past 15 months I have been pushing Facebook to...
Antacids During Pregnancy Tied to Asthma in Children
Taking popular drugs for heartburn, a common complication of pregnancy, raised the risk of asthma in offspring. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/well/family/antacids-during-pregnancy-tied-to-asthma-in-children.html?partner=rss
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