Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Finally Admits He Attended a Controversial Trump Tower Meeting
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Erik Prince, the former CEO of the controversial security firm Blackwater, has admitted in an Al Jazeera interview to attending an August 2016 campaign meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. The New York Times had reported last year that Prince arranged and…
Young Families Are Buying Homes Again
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the Washington Post, Andrew Van Dam notes that renters suddenly started becoming home buyers again in 2016. He says the primary change came among young families: It is now apparent demographic pressure had been building since the housing crisis. Millennials were hitting the age…
Here’s Why America Is Dumping Its Trash in Poorer Countries
But as its pace of manufacturing slowed and labor costs rose, Beijing’s desire to be the world’s recycling bin rapidly diminished. Much of the imported recyclable waste was so contaminated that it could not be recycled anyway, Chinese officials complained, and piles of imported waste were ending up in China’s landfills and polluting the country’s…
A Florida Massage Parlor Owner Has Been Selling Chinese Execs Access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest Trump political donor to draw controversy is Li Yang, a 45-year-old Florida entrepreneur from China who founded a chain of spas and massage parlors that included the one where New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft was recently busted for soliciting prostitution. She made…
US Women’s National Soccer Team Sues Over Pay Discrimination
Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Members of the US women’s national soccer team Friday sued the US Soccer Federation, alleging that the sport’s governing body engaged in “intentional gender discrimination” by failing to provide wages and resources comparable to the far less successful men’s team. “Despite the…
Glassio’s New EP Proves That Electronic Music and Great Storytelling Are a Perfect Match
Dylan James Ellis Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This week: Age of Experience, Glassio (Glassio, 2019) Why we’re into it: With Glassio’s super-synth sound and lyrics full of languish, Age of Experience is a master class in how to use melancholy without becoming melodramatic. I’m not even sure where to begin on this…