Semafor • Feb 9, 2026
How to fix Ghana's gold export challenge
Accra must learn from countries such as Thailand and build a knowledge ecosystem around its precious reserves.
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Mother Jones • Feb 9, 2026
What Being a Billionaire Scion Taught JB Pritzker About Standing Up to One
In the late 1970s, after building a small airport hotel into one of the biggest names in hospitality, the Pritzkers of Chicago joined forces with an ambitious young developer to convert an unfashionable hotel on New York’s 42nd Street into a sparkling Grand Hyatt. The building would have five restaurants, a signature atrium, and even—if […]
Mother Jones • Feb 9, 2026
Can He Really Do That? Black History Month in the Age of Trump
Last year, shortly after his second inauguration, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation on January 31 to mark the start of Black History Month the next day—just as presidents before him had done, beginning with Gerald Ford in the bicentennial year of 1976. He invoked “heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice […]
Jezebel • Feb 9, 2026
Democrats' Special Election Winning Streak Makes Me Wanna Lib Out Like It's Summer 2016
The vibes are getting dangerously hopeful.
Zeteo • Feb 9, 2026
First Draft: 🏈 Bad Trump, Good Bunny
It’s not just the Super Bowl. MAGA’s culture war is epically backfiring. And as a blue wave builds, Trump is only escalating his crackdowns.
Semafor • Feb 9, 2026
Somaliland pitches minerals, strategic location to Trump
The breakaway republic’s president tells Semafor he’s confident more countries will recognize its statehood after Israel.
Semafor • Feb 9, 2026
Art Basel slows the tempo in Doha debut
A museum-like format in Doha ditched the sales-frenzy of other art festivals.
Semafor • Feb 9, 2026
Bangladesh’s textile industry boosts sustainability after foreign pressure
Runoff from textile production into the Buriganga River commonly contains poisonous chemicals and heavy metals.
Semafor • Feb 9, 2026
HK media mogul Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in jail
The 78-year-old British national is one of the highest-profile critics of Beijing-driven changes to Hong Kong’s governance.
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Teaching LGBTQ History is Required in California but Many Teachers Still Hesitate
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European Progressives Have Chance to Turn Far Right Losses Into Long-Term Defeat
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Mehdi Goes Head-to-Head With ‘Professor’ Jiang, the Internet Sensation
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What I Saw in Cuba Was Resilience
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How the US Became an International Serial Killer
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The Art Trump Doesn’t Want and the Artists Left Behind
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'Iran and Gaza are Only the Beginning' (Chris Hedges at Princeton)
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PODCAST: How Israel sells militarism at home and abroad
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