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Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 Jess Zimmerman’s previous work for The Toast can be found here. I am not a big fan of psychic charlatanry, which often preys on people who are in genuine grief. So when I read about psychic fraud Priscilla Kelly Delmaro, arrested in May for second-degree grand larceny, I should have felt…
On a visit to Greece, we talk to a guy who found an ingenious place to hoard his cash, a government-protected milk peddler, and a would-be olive oil tycoon. Music: Jahzzar’s “Fireworks” and Bad Bad Hat’s “Fight Song.” Find us:Twitter/ Facebook/ Spotify/ Tumblr. Episode 639: Where To Hide €50,000, And Other Stories From Greece :…
A lot of Pixar films come packaged with a quasi-humanist narrative hook that enables the public digestion of their work. Viewers nodded thoughtfully over WALL-E’s depiction of a future earth choked by the refuse of big-box retail, and of a human race infantilized and rendered obese by mindless consumption, while Brave was the first Pixar…
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Protesters clashed with the police in Athens as Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, considered elements of the new bailout deal. By Reuters on Publish Date July 15, 2015. Photo by Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press. Watch in Times Video » Violent Protests in Greece Before Vote ATHENS — Under threat from the nation’s creditors to move quickly…
Photo The house at 339 Livingston Street is the home that Johnnie McDowell, shown with his daughter, Erin, would like to buy, but can’t afford. Credit Fred R. Conrad for The New York Times WESTFIELD, N.J. — To Johnnie McDowell, the house on Livingston Street seems to taunt him every time he walks by. It’s…
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walkerâs upcoming announcement to run for President of the United States: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Contact: Josh Goldstein (202) 637-5018 AFL-CIO Statement on Scott Walker Announcement.
However this story ends (and we have no idea what the next few hours will bring), Sunday 12 July will go down as a landmark moment in European history — alongside Rome in 1957, Maastricht in 1992 and Cannes in 2011. For the first time, the leaders of the 19-member euro area officially discussed plans for the…
The latest save-the-euro summit turned into open season on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Leaders from German Chancellor Angela Merkel on down fretted about the “trust” shattered by Tsipras during more than five months in power, which was the European way of saying that the anti-austerity populist had to bend. It was a night that…
Here’s a quick Politics 101 lesson for the #thisisacoup mob: Greece is not a direct democracy. It is a representative one. That means that the Greek people elect their governments to make decisions on their behalf. Referendums are not binding in Greece; they simply advise the government of the day on the views of the…