The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate
Fertility decline is a devilish problem. What if the only solution is to treat parenting as a public service worth paying for?
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Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Keeping Trash off Shorelines
Here’s How Plastic Bag Bans Are Working Data from beach cleanups show that banning or taxing single-use plastic bags makes a difference in ecosystems By Meghan Bartels edited by Allison Parshall For one in three U.S. residents, single-use plastic bags are no longer a cheap and easy ubiquity—and beaches, riverbanks and lakeshores are benefitting. That’s…
The art of caregiving can strengthen leadership
Four tangible ways to improve your management by leaning your real world experience Caregiving is often viewed as a personal duty separate from our professional lives, instead of another layer of that life, one that can strengthen and improve how we live. Caregiving has strengthened my skills rather than detracted from my role in the…
VANESSA BRYANT CELEBRATES DAUGHTER CAPRI KOBE BRYANT’S 6TH BIRTHDAY
Vanessa Bryant is celebrating her youngest daughter Capri Kobe Bryant’s sixth birthday today. To mark the occasion, the proud mom took to Instagram to share a series of photos of the two of them. In the caption, Vanessa wrote, “Capri, we love you so much!!!! Happy 6th birthday to my sweet Koko Bean! ~ Capri…
Fed Governor Calls for Rate Cuts as Soon as July
Christopher J. Waller, who was appointed by President Trump, said the central bank should not wait for the labor market to weaken.
An Iranian strike in downtown Haifa damaged at least two places of worship.
Shockwaves from the attack in Israel’s third-largest city damaged a mosque and a church.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts suspended one game by MLB
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts will serve a one-game suspension Friday night against the Nationals after Thursday’s benches-clearing altercation against the San Diego Padres. In addition to the suspension, Major League Baseball announced Roberts was fined an undisclosed amount. Padres manager Mike Shildt also was suspended one game and fined, and Padres right-handed pitcher Robert Suarez…
Sea spiders ‘farm’ methane-eating bacteria on their bodies
Sea spider from the genus Sericosura Biance Dal Bó Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms known to rely on symbiotic relationships with microbes to live in these otherworldly environments. Shana…
Rippling spy says men have been following him, and his wife is afraid
If becoming a spy sounds like an exciting way to live like a Le Carré character, let this newest affidavit from confessed Rippling spy Keith O’Brien serve as a warning. On Friday, an Irish judge granted O’Brien a restraining order against several men who have not yet been identified, according to the court order seen…
Patrick Walden death: Babyshambles guitarist Patrick Walden dies aged 46
Patrick Walden, best known as the original guitarist of the ’00s English rock band Babyshambles, has died. He was 46. Walden’s former bandmates announced his death on Saturday morning (local time) in a heartbreaking social media post. No cause of death was shared. “It is with deep regret and sadness that we share the news…