David Cameron has just celebrated his first hundred days as leader of a government that has moved quickly to consolidate its vision of a neo-liberal conservative age and making the most of what was expected to be a lacklustre but usefully diversionary Labour leadership contest. As in 2010, the consolidation has met with much success….
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‘The Art of the Deal’ in the Arab Gulf: how Trump could strike a new bargain with Bahrain
Victoria Jones PA Wire/PA Images. All rights reserved.America’s new president, Donald J. Trump, has yet to fully articulate his foreign policy strategy – or to at least unify the divergent views of his cabinet – but one thing is abundantly clear: the next four years are going to be a far cry from the Obama…
Pentagon Tells Employees Not To Stream March Madness Because They’re Wasting Military Resources
On the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament, basketball is televised nonstop during the workday and into prime time. Consequently, it’s one of the few sporting events that forces employers to worry that their workers are spending company time watching instead of working. The Pentagon is no different. Ok, it’s a little different. But rather than…
New York City Bans Employers From Asking For Your Salary History
On Wednesday, the New York City Council approved legislation that bans employers in the city from asking prospective employees about their salary history. The bill, sponsored by Public Advocate Letitia James and Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, will prohibit both public and private sector hiring managers from using previous salary history to determine a new salary offer. Banning the question…
Populism and the return of the political
Trump, February 2016. Wikicommons/Marc Nozell from Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA. Some rights reserved.Trump's victory marks a geopolitical turning point that has led many to start talking about ‘the populist era’, in shock at the crushing arrival of this New York tycoon in the capital of Empire. Faced with events of this magnitude, it’s appropriate to…
That day: teaching at New York University on September 11, 2001
Ground Zero under construction, New York, 2010. Press Association Images. All rights reserved. I’m just an animal, looking for a home. David Byrne/Talking Heads (1983) I am includes all that has made me so. John Berger (2013) I taught two classes that day, beginning at 9:30. Crossing Waverly Place, coffee warming the…
Police Drones Will Patrol Boston Marathon Crowds For Suspicious Activity
Attendees at this year’s Boston Marathon will notice a new presence overhead—two circling drones. Four years removed from the tragic bombing which injured hundreds and killed three at the marathon’s finish line, authorities plan to use the surveillance devices to monitor the starting line and the runners’ village, where racers prepare and wait for the…
Raw fear in separatist-controlled Donetsk
October 2016: fighters of the "Donetsk People's Republic" during a planned retreat. (c) Igor Maslov / VisualRIA. All rights reserved. This article originally appeared in The Moscow Times. November was unseasonably warm this year in Donetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city under pro-Russian separatists’ control. As you walk down Pushkin Boulevard, watching golden leaves gently drop…
Mexico in helplessness, from Tlatelolco to Ayotzinapa
Relatives of the 43 missing students from the rural teachers’ college march holding pictures of their missing loved ones during a protest in Mexico City. Dec. 26, 2015. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte. All rights reserved Professor Sergio Aguayo, from the Colegio de México and Harvard University, is one of the greatest Mexican thinkers alive and a referent…
Your 100-Year Financial Plan
The dated model of retirement is crumbling, yet there’s nothing concrete to replace it. Terrifying articles suggesting millennials save $2 million by retirement is laughable. But so is turning to a panel of financial advisors—whom don’t have an answer beyond, “I don’t know, dude, what do you want your retirement to look like?” Factor in…