‘Humiliated’ Vettel gets an earfull from Italian media

The Italian media proved once again that it takes no prisoners when it comes to a Ferrari driver’s mistakes or under-performance. Italy’s press has been on Sebastian Vettel’s case since last season when the German driver’s costly errors put him out of contention for the 2018 world title. Vettel’s mistake in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix,…

World's Small Farmers Fighting Back as WTO Pushes Corporate Agenda

The World Trade Organization (WTO) kicked off its 10th ministerial conference in Kenya on Tuesday to develop a new free trade agreement, as grassroots activists rallied worldwide against measures they say would undermine the rights of small-scale farmers in developing countries. It is the first time the WTO has met in Africa, where free trade…

Turkey’s Creeping Authoritarianism: Is the Resistance Enough?

Turkey’s march towards authoritarianism took another dangerous turn this past week with the forced resignation of moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, apparently at the insistence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though constitutionally the Turkish prime minister wields executive authority and the president is largely a figurehead, Erdoğan—who served as prime minister for eleven years…

Brazil’s Neighbors Warn of President’s ‘Dangerous’ Ouster–but US Press Isn’t Listening

The effort to oust twice-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been big news in the United States. Since December 2015, when Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies began an impeachment process over Rousseff’s budget maneuvers, the New York Times has had 74 pieces that mention “Rousseff” and “impeachment,” according to the Nexis news database; the Washington Post…

Can We Afford the Future?

Click:Low-volume manufacturing As a child of the 1950s I grew up immersed in a near-universal expectation of progress. Everybody expected a shiny new future; the only thing that might have prevented us from having it was nuclear war, and thankfully that hasn’t happened (so far). But, in the intervening decades, progress has begun to lose…

Bella Hadid Flaunts Her Toned Midriff in a ’90s-Like Bralette and Jeans Combo

Bella Hadid’s affinity for fashion that channels past decades is nothing new, but the 19-year-old model took it to an edgy new level on Thursday in L.A. The brunette walked across Tinseltown in an outfit that pays serious homage to the ’90s. How so? She slipped into a pair of distressed light-wash jeans and matched…

Mechanic: Resurrection Trailer: Jason Statham Is Pool Boy from Hell

Remember all those preposterous things Jason Statham’s character claimed to have done in the comedy Spy, from using defibrillators on himself, to reattaching his arm with his other arm, to taking up piano “at a late age.” Well, they may seem a little less preposterous after you’ve seen the over-the-over-the-top trailer for the Statham-starring action…