Semafor • Sep 23, 2025
New York museum dives deep on Book of Psalms
"Sing a New Song," at the Morgan Library and Museum, explores the bible's most popular book through dozens of medieval artifacts.
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Drop Site News • Sep 23, 2025
FDA Commissioner Flagrantly Misquoted Harvard Public Health Dean at White House Autism Event
The White House claimed that Dr. Andrea Baccarelli has found a "causal relationship between prenatal acetaminophen use and neurodevelopmental disorders of ADHD and autism spectrum disorder." Not true.
Current Affairs • Sep 23, 2025
There Is No Defense For Sweatshops
In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply. The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle.
Current Affairs • Sep 23, 2025
No, Sweatshops Do Not Help the Poor
In 2023, a young Bangladeshi woman named Tureza Akter committed suicide after facing repeated abuse at a sweatshop in Jordan. Subsequent investigations found that factory managers withheld employees’ passports to prevent them from leaving, forced female employees to strip naked, and required workers to labor 16 hours a day, seven days a week, threatening to withhold already-earned pay if they did not comply. The clothes produced in this factory bore the logos of Under Armour, Columbia, and American Eagle.
Semafor • Sep 23, 2025
The AI spending boom doesn't (entirely) deserve comparisons to past frenzies
The sums are gargantuan, but not all investment dollars are the same. Google, Oracle, and Microsoft are spending profits, rather than borrowed money, which may make this hype cycle more sustainable.
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025
Who’s Part of Trump’s “Radical Left”? Maybe You.
A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and articles about politics, media, and culture. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial. Following the horrific murder of MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk, Donald […]
Mother Jones • Sep 23, 2025
Disgust, Horror, and “Elimination”: Trump and RFK Jr.’s Eugenicist Autism Conference
On Monday, President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a press conference on their attempts to divine the causes of autism—much to the chagrin of many autistic adults, who were completely excluded from the process. The two, alongside administration officials including Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator […]
Drop Site News • Sep 23, 2025
The Last Two New England Democratic Senators Unconditionally Supporting the Gaza Genocide
The two holdouts, Sens. Maggie Hassan and Richard Blumenthal, have canceled meetings with activists and favored their districts’ weapons manufacturers.
Semafor • Sep 23, 2025
Tough primaries complicate Democrats' bid to retake US Senate
In a half-dozen states, the party is facing internal competitions of the sort its leaders once tried to head off.
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1891 headlinesICE’s Violence Is “By Design” Under Trump
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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
The Conversation •
For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
The Conversation •
Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources
The Conversation •
Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
The Conversation •
US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
The Conversation •
Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
The Conversation •
There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
The Conversation •
From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
The Conversation •
Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
The Conversation •
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