Heidi, Emma, Jennifer We’re Working on Labor Day … Working On Our Tans!!! Hollywood is doing the most for Labor Day Weekend … with celebs fanning out all over the globe for some R&R … and their photos are giving us a serious case of FOMO. Heidi Klum‘s back in the tropics celebrating the holiday…
With college students returning to campus, and the brutal war in Gaza continuing unabated, many schools—including mine—are bracing for renewed protests. As president of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, I have already received demands from Pro-Palestinian undergraduates—not to mention emails from students, parents, and alumni demanding that I silence those undergraduates. Throw in the heightened tension…
For my entire adult life, Labor Day has prompted commentators to pronounce the labor movement dead. Occasionally you’ll see somebody argue that organized labor is regaining strength, but the evidence is always anecdotal. Final word must go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual report on union membership, which is perennially, relentlessly, dismal. Union density…
“Bring Hersh home now,” say big white letters on a red banner, hanging on a building on my Jerusalem street. It’s one of many banners in my neighborhood, where Hersh Goldberg-Polin grew up. I walk down the street two hours after the early morning news flash that Hersh and five other Israeli hostages were murdered…
Donald Trump and his campaign are suddenly at odds on the issue of abortion. Speaking with NBC News, the Republican presidential nominee shared that he intended to vote in favor of abortion rights when it comes up on the ballot in Florida, believing that a “six-week [ban] is too short.” “I’m going to be voting…
While Floyd Mayweather has solidified his place as one of the greatest boxers of all time, the last man to beat him has gone down a very different road. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the pound-for-pound great, who was just 19 at the time, suffered a loss that left him both tearful, yet motivated to…
Darren Till appears to have agreed to his first fight under the Misfits Boxing banner against one of their most divisive characters. The former UFC welterweight title challenger left the promotion after losing to now-champion Dricus Du Plessis at the tail end of 2022. He has been training boxing ever since, and has been working…
Darren Till accepts Anthony Taylor’s callout. Over the weekend, Taylor picked up another win in Misfits Boxing, stopping Gabriel Silva — Anderson Silva’s son — in the third round at Misfits Boxing 17 in Dublin, Ireland. Following his win, Taylor then called out Till for a fight, and it appears that “The Gorilla” is only…
African heads of state have begun arriving in the Chinese capital, Beijing, ahead of the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit which gets underway on Wednesday. This ninth gathering is expected to provide a framework for navigating China’s evolving strategic partnership with the continent in the post-Covid era. It is taking place at a…
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