SCROLL NEWS / DISCOVERY

Search headlines

Find the stories shaping the conversation.

Search mode
Refine results
Active filters Keyword All time

Results for " position " 2,448 found 🔀 AI-powered Shuffle

Lakers have reportedly called Pelicans about Yves Missi

The Lakers are actively hitting the phones in an attempt to upgrade at the center position.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 23 • 9:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump’s midterm liabilities on display in visit to toss-up district

A campaign-style appearance in Pennsylvania revealed the delicate position of Republicans facing tough reelection fights. They still need Trump’s voters, but are increasingly cautious about embracing him too closely.

washingtonpost.com logo
Jun 23 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Sportico Studio’s New Video Experience Debuts at Cannes Lions

Sportico this week launched Sportico Studio, a dedicated content and creative solutions offering for brands looking to engage the sports business community. The studio, featured on a new video page on Sportico’s homepage, will leverage Sportico‘s unique position at the center of the sports business ecosystem, connecting brands with influential decision-makers across leagues, teams, media, …

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 23 • 11:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fantasy Baseball: Recapping every offensive position ahead of the midpoint of the 2026 season
sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 23 • 10:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Chicago’s Bike Lanes Don’t Hurt Businesses, City Report Finds

As protected bike lanes face opposition in some neighborhoods, city-backed case studies found lanes in a half-dozen corridors have not contributed to a negative impact on economic activity.

blockclubchicago.org logo
Jun 23 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • blockclubchicago.org
Google’s online dominance Is showing signs of cracking in AI era

While Google remains in a position of strength in the eyes of Wall Street, the AI era is complicating the company's story.

cnbc.com logo
Jun 23 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • cnbc.com
Mamdani and AI industry flex political power in New York, plus more to watch in Tuesday's primaries

Two factions in the AI industry are clashing in a Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat. New York Assemblyman Alex Bores, a pro-regulation candidate, faces opposition from a group funded by OpenAI investors. The group spent over $7 million on ads against him. In response, groups partly backed ...

wral.com logo
Jun 23 • 7:33 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Biggest Eagles questions by position in 2026: Defense

Looking at the biggest questions for the Eagles by position on defense in 2026.

nbcsportsphiladelphia.com logo
Jun 23 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
New York Giants 2026 training camp position battle to watch

Which starting job up for grabs is the most intriguing during the New York Giants' 2026 training camp? Find out here.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 22 • 9:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
New England Patriots 2026 training camp position battle to watch

Which starting job up for grabs is the most intriguing during the New England Patriots' 2026 training camp? Find out here.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 22 • 8:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kenosha schools consider cutting sports, 40 teaching positions to address $17M deficit

The Kenosha Unified School District is weighing several options to reduce its expected $17 million budget deficit if a planned November referendum fails.

wpr.org logo
Jun 22 • 3:16 PM EDT • Sports • wpr.org
Yankees eyeing premium position player at MLB trade deadline

The New York Yankees shouldn’t just be satisfied with being one of MLB‘s best teams. Their goal should be to be the best, and that is why they should call about Tarik Skubal and every other big-name player on the…

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 22 • 1:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Can America’s data center backlash stay bipartisan?

Opposition spans party lines as communities resist AI infrastructure's impact on energy costs and resources.

spotlightpa.org logo
Jun 22 • 11:23 AM EDT • Politics • spotlightpa.org
Wyze’s new smart scale can break down your body composition for less than $80

The BodyScan is $40 cheaper than Wyze’s Ultra model by ditching Wi-Fi and simplifying the display.

theverge.com logo
Jun 22 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
‘Every time you turn around, there’s a new price increase’: US small-business optimism plummets

At the same time, 29% of small-business owners also report having open positions they can’t fill

theguardian.com logo
Jun 22 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Employer Priorities: Advancing Organizational and Employee Health

Employers are uniquely positioned to drive internal and external change and meaningful outcomes for employees, their businesses, and surrounding communities thr

milkeninstitute.org logo
Jun 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • milkeninstitute.org
America’s data center backlash is bipartisan — can it stay that way?

As opposition mounts, some experts wonder how long AI infrastructure can steer clear of the partisanship that defines U.S. politics.

grist.org logo
Jun 22 • 4:45 AM EDT • Politics • grist.org
Healthcare: Pockets Of Alpha

We recommend a market-weight position in the S&P 500 Health Care sector. It is down 3.8% ytd, the worst among all 11 S&P 500 sectors, and remains one of the clear laggards of the bull market that began in October 2022 (chart). That underperformance has created

yardeniquicktakes.com logo
Jun 21 • 11:00 PM EDT • Health • yardeniquicktakes.com
☹️ Negative (-6%)
love
100%
Scouting Stanford Guard Ebuka Okorie

Ebuka OkorieFrame: 6'2 185 lbsPosition: GuardTeam: Stanford Cardinals2026 Draft Age:Stats via https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/ebuka-okorie-1.html Offense Ebuka Okorie emerged as one of the most productive freshman guards in the country and quickly transformed from an under-the-radar recruit into a legitimate NBA prospect. His offensive profile is built around dynamic scoring, relentless rim pressure, and advanced shot-making ability. Few

sportsbusinessclassroom.com logo
Jun 21 • 10:33 PM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessclassroom.com
Kansas City Chiefs 2026 training camp position battle to watch

Which starting job up for grabs is the most intriguing during the Kansas City Chiefs' 2026 training camp? Find out here.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 21 • 10:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giants downplay Rafael Devers incident late in third consecutive loss

MIAMI — Once again, Rafael Devers is stirring up drama. This time, the Giants first baseman, who refused to play the position with the Red Sox, again tried to stand...

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 21 • 5:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dolphins 90 in 90: Breaking down Seth Coleman’s roster position

Seth Coleman is looking to move from an undrafted free agent bouncing around the league last year into a rostered player this year as he heads into the Miami Dolphins’ 2026 training camp.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 21 • 2:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Starmer is on the precipice as pressure builds for the U.K. leader to resign

Rival Andy Burnham's decisive win in a special election to the House of Commons puts him in position to challenge the prime minister.

inquirer.com logo
Jun 21 • 1:53 PM EDT • Politics • inquirer.com
NFC North TE Rankings for 2026

The latest in our NFC North positional rankings sees us take a look at the tight end position. This is […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 6/21/26

.video-js, .video-js .vjs-tech { position: relative; width: 100%; height: auto; z-index: 0; } var player = videojs('player_block_b08a815d951c2b8f2effb3e301b14dfe'); player.nuevo({ contextMenu: false }); var vast = { started: false, paused: false, resumed: false, ended: false, }; var video = { started: false, paused: false, resumed: false, ended: false, } var event_label = 'Video: 204053 - Article: FULL SHOW: Inside INdiana Business 6/21/26'; var post_id = 204052; var post_url = "https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/videos/full-show-inside-indiana-business-6-21-26"; player.vastAds({ tagURL: "https://servedbyadbutler.com/vast.spark?setID=13487&ID=177008&pid=117129", id: "PreRoll" }); player.on('vast.adStart', function() { vast.started = true; }); player.on('vast.adError', function() { vast = { started: true, ended: true }; }); player.on('play', function() { if (vast.ended && !video.paused) { video.started = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Played", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_played", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } if (video.started && video.paused) { video.resumed = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Resumed", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_resumed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } }); player.on('pause', function() { if (vast.ended) { video.paused = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Paused", eventLabel: event_label }); var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_paused", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } }); player.on('ended', function() { //vast.adEnd fires after ended, pointless to use. vast.ended = true; if (video.started && !video.ended) { video.ended = true; window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Ended", eventLabel: event_label }); } var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_completed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url, percentage: 100, }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); }); player.on('fullscreenchange', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Fullscreen Toggled", eventLabel: event_label }); }); player.on('enterpictureinpicture', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Picture-in-Picture Opened", eventLabel: event_label }); }); player.on('leavepictureinpicture', function() { window.dataLayer.push({ event: "Videos", eventCategory: 'Video', eventAction: "Video Picture-in-Picture Closed", eventLabel: event_label }); }); let lastReportedPercentage = 0; player.on('timeupdate', function() { const currentTime = player.currentTime(); const duration = player.duration(); if (duration) { const progressPercentage = Math.floor((currentTime / duration) * 100); if (progressPercentage % 5 === 0 && progressPercentage !== lastReportedPercentage) { lastReportedPercentage = progressPercentage; var audio_insight_data = { event_type: "video_completed", data: { video_id: post_id, video_url: post_url, percentage: progressPercentage, }, ...insight_data, }; insight.track(audio_insight_data); } } });

insideindianabusiness.com logo
Jun 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • insideindianabusiness.com
UK minister says PM Starmer is considering 'political realities' amid leadership pressure

The threat to Starmer's position increased sharply on Friday when former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham won a seat in parliament.

cnbc.com logo
Jun 21 • 7:35 AM EDT • Politics • cnbc.com
Cleveland Browns 2026 training camp position battle to watch

Which starting job up for grabs is the most intriguing during the Cleveland Browns' 2026 training camp? Find out here.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 20 • 10:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (8%)
wow
38%
love
33%
angry
29%
The Big Ten and SEC don’t like the college sports bill in Congress. Can they break away?

The Protect College Sports Act took a step forward Thursday with a Senate committee approval. Plenty of potential pitfalls remain ahead, including opposition from the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences.

cdispatch.com logo
Jun 20 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • cdispatch.com
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 78 Days Until Kickoff’

CHARLIE EDGEWORTH #78 Height: 6’7” Weight: 320lb Position: OL Class: Freshman Hometown: Chattanooga, TN Summary: While its not right, and should not be acceptable in our country, I’m out here fighting the good fight and have yet to gain the momentum I need to avoid this blatant hate and bias. I’m of course talking about […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 20 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Iranian Guards' business empire to win big if US sanctions lifted

Four senior Iranian sources described how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was uniquely positioned to capture a large share of any financial rewards that would accrue from sanctions relief.

jpost.com logo
Jun 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • jpost.com
😐 Neutral (28%)
wow
34%
ahah
33%
love
33%
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician

Rong Chhun, a senior adviser to the Nation Power Party, was convicted last year of inciting social unrest after meeting villagers displaced by government construction projects.

pbs.org logo
Jun 19 • 1:28 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Guinea-Bissau: Opposition leader house arrest raises stakes

Opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira remains under house arrest months after the Guinea-Bissau coup, deepening a political crisis and raising tensions with international partners.

dw.com logo
Jun 19 • 8:59 AM EDT • Politics • dw.com
Gov Sanders reveals 'major breakthrough' on education as red state positions itself as 'blueprint' for nation

Arkansas students show 7% proficiency gains under Gov. Sarah Sanders' LEARNS Act, with the governor hoping red and blue states will follow the blueprint.

foxnews.com logo
Jun 19 • 6:35 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
#PostPulpit mailbag: What will happen at tight end?

The latest edition of our Patriots mailbag answers questions about the tight end position, Gabe Jacas, and more.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Power ranking the Steelers’ position groups: Defense

What’s Pittsburgh’s biggest strength on defense?

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 19 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Labour's Andy Burnham wins a special election, setting up a showdown with Starmer to lead Britain

Labour's Andy Burnham, the current mayor of Greater Manchester, has won a special election for a seat in Parliament that puts him in a position to challenge embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer for leadership of the country.

npr.org logo
Jun 19 • 3:48 AM EDT • Politics • npr.org
High-Signal Publisher
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while barring him from politics for years | TALK 980am

audacy.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:22 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the incitement conviction of a prominent opposition politician while suspending the remainder of his sentence, keeping hi…

thehill.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:22 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while barring him from politics for years | WBBM Newsradio 780 AM & 105.9 FM

audacy.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:22 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
☹️ Negative (-20%)
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while barring him from politics for years | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

audacy.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:22 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
😐 Neutral (0%)
ahah
50%
angry
50%
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement of opposition politician in politically charged case

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia's Supreme Court on Friday upheld the incitement conviction of a prominent opposition politician while suspending the remainder of his sentence, keeping him out of prison but unable to practice politics for years.

wral.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:18 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Cambodian Supreme Court upholds incitement conviction of opposition politician in charged case

Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the incitement conviction of prominent opposition politician Rong Chhun but suspended the remainder of his prison sentence, allowing him to remain free while barring him from politics for years

abcnews.com logo
Jun 19 • 12:13 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Senate Panel to Consider Mark Cruz for Indian Health Service Director Post

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a nomination hearing on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 10 a.m. EDT to consider Mark Cruz, a citizen of the Klamath Tribes, for the position of director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) within the Department of Health and Human Services. The White House announced on Monday, […]

nativenewsonline.net logo
Jun 18 • 10:57 PM EDT • Health • nativenewsonline.net
Mangione lawyers abandon psychiatric defense over health CEO’s killing

Legal team of alleged gunman, 28, reverses position on ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense after one day

theguardian.com logo
Jun 18 • 6:35 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Big Ten, SEC commissioners ripped by key senator for continued opposition to Protect College Sports Act — 'People have to wake up'
sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 18 • 5:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UVM Health is downsizing. Here’s what those cuts mean for services.

Employee unions are still digesting exactly which positions were eliminated at the state’s largest hospital group, but say the losses are certain to influence patient-facing operations.

vtdigger.org logo
Jun 18 • 5:01 PM EDT • Health • vtdigger.org
Phillies make Bryce Harper outfield decision with trade deadline looming

Bryce Harper doesn't look to be changing positions this season.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 18 • 4:39 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Reframing exercise: How simple physical activity boosts health | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

For many people, consistent exercise feels daunting — an all-or-nothing proposition in which setbacks signal failure and advice overwhelms. This discussion reframes physical activity as something accessible and sustainable by challenging common myths about exercise.

hsph.harvard.edu logo
Jun 18 • 2:00 PM EDT • Health • hsph.harvard.edu
Protect College Sports Act passes Senate committee amid continued Big Ten, SEC opposition

The next step for the bipartisan college sports bill would be a vote on the Senate floor

cbssports.com logo
Jun 18 • 12:29 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
College sports bill clears key Senate hurdle despite SEC, Big Ten opposition

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill that top lawmakers and athletic leaders have described as the best chance to stabilize college sports cleared a key vote in the Senate on Thursday with bipartisan support after weeks of input from schools, conferences and athletes.

wral.com logo
Jun 18 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • wral.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (16%)
wow
73%
love
27%
Why Regulation Rarely Destroys Durable Companies — It Exposes the Fragile Ones

Regulation doesn’t destroy strong companies — it exposes weak ones. Here's how businesses built on trust, compliance, and operational discipline are better positioned to survive as industries mature and scrutiny increases.

entrepreneur.com logo
Jun 18 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
Evonik to Cut 3,200 Jobs, Discontinue Polyester Unit as Part of Restructuring Plan

The specialty-chemicals company said the job cuts would be phased in from 2027 through the end of 2029, and would include 2,150 positions in Germany.

wsj.com logo
Jun 18 • 5:46 AM EDT • Business • wsj.com
The Presidential Prayer Team

Each day, we invite you to join us in prayer for our national leaders. As mandated by 1 Timothy 2:1-2, we encourage prayer for those in positions of authority.

presidentialprayerteam.org logo
Jun 18 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • presidentialprayerteam.org
May moving on as Hibs reshape backroom staff

Eddie May is to leave his coaching position at Hibernian at the end of June, ending 12 years of service at Easter Road. The 58-year-old made over 100 appearances for the club between 1985-89 and returned in 2014, working across different roles in the academy, player development and with the first team. In June 2024, May he was chosen as an assistant coach, along with Liam Craig, as David Gray took on the position of head coach.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 18 • 3:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (28%)
ahah
43%
wow
29%
love
28%
Senate Republicans grow increasingly frustrated with Trump blindsiding them

Trump has used his clout to knock out senators in primaries, issue unachievable demands and force them into politically fraught positions. Some say it’s harming his own agenda.

nbcnews.com logo
Jun 17 • 7:04 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
High-Signal Publisher
MU Health care lays off 74 employees, closing Hy-Vee Quick Care locations

MU Health Care said an "organizational redesign" includes the removal of 74 employee positions and the closure of Hy-Vee Quick Care clinics.

komu.com logo
Jun 17 • 3:26 PM EDT • Health • komu.com
Leidos (LDOS) Faces DHA Move To Replace It On Military Health Records

Defense Health Agency plans to replace Leidos Holdings (NYSE:LDOS) as lead systems integrator for the Military Health System electronic health record program. Change affects the company’s role in the multi year MHS GENESIS rollout across U.S. military treatment facilities. Decision introduces uncertainty for Leidos’ health segment and its position in the federal health IT market. Analysts have issued downgrades citing concerns about profit margins and organic growth alongside this contract...

finance.yahoo.com logo
Jun 17 • 3:10 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Anthropic ships major Claude Design overhaul with design system imports, code round-trips, and a fix for its token-burning problem

Anthropic has overhauled Claude Design with brand-compliance controls, Claude Code integration, lower token usage and new enterprise app exports, positioning the AI tool as a serious platform for design-to-code workflows.

venturebeat.com logo
Jun 17 • 3:00 PM EDT • Technology • venturebeat.com
New state bill seeks to make filling vacant elected positions more transparent

The OPEN Appointments Act seeks to force local and statewide offices to post a public notice for every vacant position.

spectrumlocalnews.com logo
Jun 17 • 12:10 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Reid Sigmon Named Senior Deputy Director of Athletics/ Chief Business and Revenue Officer

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Naval Academy Director of Athletics Michael Kelly has named Reid Sigmon senior deputy director of athletics/chief business and revenue officer, a newly created leadership position designed to accelerate revenue growth, expand business operations and enhance the long-term strategic positioning of Navy Athletics.

navysports.com logo
Jun 17 • 8:30 AM EDT • Business • navysports.com
Packers voice opposition to major changes to Sports Broadcasting Act

The Packers have come out against any significant changes to the Sports Broadcasting Act in a statement on Tuesday.

espn.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:07 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com
Packers voice opposition to major changes to Sports Broadcasting Act

The Packers have come out against any significant changes to the Sports Broadcasting Act in a statement on Tuesday.

africa.espn.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:07 PM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com
More Details on the UAP Science Advisory Council

Below is a set of questions that I was asked today about my new leadership position regarding the UAP Science Advisory Council.

avi-loeb.medium.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:04 PM EDT • Science • avi-loeb.medium.com
Dodgers activate Tommy Edman, designate Santiago Espinal for assignment

LOS ANGELES — Tommy Edman was activated off the 60-day injured list on Tuesday after missing the first 73 games of the season following right ankle surgery in November. They get back a multi-positional player who started 32 of 33 postseason games in his first two years with Los Angeles. To make room on both […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 16 • 5:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Roy Hattersley, Frontline Warrior of British Politics, Dies at 93

A Labour Party deputy who spent years in opposition, he criticized Conservatives and members of his own party, and was at the heart of major political moments.

nytimes.com logo
Jun 16 • 5:29 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Merchants of Doubt and the attacks on Extreme Event Attribution science

Last week, I attended a meeting at Columbia University on attribution science and climate law, hosted by the Sabin Center. It was a fantastic event, bringing together scientists and legal experts working at the intersection of extreme event attribution and climate law. Subscribe For those unfamiliar with it, extreme event attribution attempts to quantify the contribution of climate change to an extreme event. For example, several groups analyzed the impact of climate change on Hurricane Harvey’s enormous rainfall totals over Houston, Texas and they found that climate change increased rainfall by 15 to 38%. One thing that came up again and again was how terrified fossil-fuel interests are of extreme event attribution science. They are acutely aware that this research could land them in court. And losing those cases would leave them legally liable for billions of dollars in climate damages. Because the legal stakes are so high, the blowback has turned ugly. I spoke with several scientists at the meeting who are facing ongoing harassment over their work. This blowback is a coordinated campaign to make the entire field look suspect. The goal is to create the impression that attribution science is too uncertain, too political, or too conflicted to be useful in court or in public policy. The strategy is not based on actual science or evidence of misconduct, but on the generation of doubt. The new Merchants of Doubt We’ve seen this before. In fact, not that long ago: We only have to go back a year to the Department of Energy (DOE) Climate Working Group (CWG) report to see an example of using doubt as the tool to push back against well-established science. This strategy is laid out in an email from a member of the CWG, Dr. Roy Spencer, that was released during litigation over the Climate Working Group process. The key quote is: About all I can hope is that what we write will provide sufficient “reasonable scientific doubt” regarding the science claims in the 2009 TSD [technical support document], based upon almost 2 decades of new science, to call into question the original reasoning for the EPA Administrator’s decision that CO2 presents a threat to human health and welfare. This statement is strong evidence that at least some members of the committee were working to support a particular policy outcome: revoking the Endangerment Finding. The email also explains how they planned to do it: by attempting to generate “reasonable doubt”. This is going to be hard, Spencer implies. Despite falsely claiming that “2 decades of new science” weakens the case, Spencer explicitly acknowledges that the actual peer-reviewed science of climate change overwhelmingly rejects his position: But if the science argument is decided upon by a vote, or by the number of published citations, we lose the science argument. We can go back even further: This CWG email shares unmistakable DNA with the infamous 1969 tobacco memo that declared: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy.” The tobacco memo also acknowledges the limit of this strategy: Like the CWG, they knew the science was not on their side. Share The new new Merchants of Doubt The people attacking the IPCC chapter on extreme event attribution are the newest iteration of the Merchants of Doubt. Their goal, like all Merchants before them, is to introduce doubt into the process. Because the report is not even out yet, they cannot attack its conclusions. So they are attacking the authors instead. Here is a press release from the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee: In the letter, the Chairmen express concerns about potential conflicts of interest involving members of the Attribution Committee, stating that “publicly available information suggests a troubling pattern” in which committee members are affiliated with nonprofits that support climate accountability lawsuits, “raising the appearance of impropriety and member bias.” To be clear, this is just innuendo. There is no actual evidence of bias. And given the robust process that these reports go through, including multiple lines of peer review, it seems very unlikely that significant bias can survive into the report. When the report comes out, critics will have the opportunity to make legitimate criticisms of the report — if any exist. If none do, however, they’ll still make criticisms, but they’ll be bogus, simply designed to generate doubt. We’ll see. A note to the press: Fix your frame To any journalists reading this: The public debate over extreme event attribution science is not going away. The science is simply too dangerous to fossil-fuel interests for them to stop fighting it. You very well might be assigned to write an article about this area of research in the future. When you do, do not automatically adopt the framing that climate misinformers want you to use. They want you to frame the story around questions like: Are climate scientists trying to put their thumb on the scale to achieve a predetermined, politically motivated result? Are climate scientists improperly letting their politics invade the science of the IPCC? That frame is a trap. Instead, you need to view this through the historical lens of the Merchants of Doubt. How does the ecosystem of doubt operate? Who funds it? What methods do they use to misrepresent science and slime researchers? What scientific results are they trying to keep people from understanding are legitimate? Ultimately, you instead need to focus your article on the generation of doubt as a way to maintain the fossil fuel industry’s social and legal license to keep burning oil, gas, and coal. If you treat the misinformers’ frame as a legitimate, good-faith scientific critique, you are helping them produce doubt. Don’t do it. Don’t be a Merchant of Doubt. Thanks for reading The Climate Brink! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support our work. Subscribe other stuff The Staying Curious Substack has an interesting post about the different flavors of climate sensitivity. This is crucial information if you want to understand how scientists think about how much warming the Earth will experience. I’d be grateful if you could hit the like button ❤️ below! It helps more people discover these ideas and lets me know what’s connecting with readers.

theclimatebrink.com logo
Jun 16 • 4:55 PM EDT • Science • theclimatebrink.com
😐 Neutral (5%)
wow
59%
ahah
41%
Northeastern appoints Mark Williams as dean of College of Science

Mark Williams, professor and chair of the Department of Physics, will assume the position of dean for the College of Science July 1, according to a June 11 email to the college’s faculty, staff and students. Williams, who joined Northeastern in 2001, will enter the role following physics professor and Senior Associate Dean for Academic...

huntnewsnu.com logo
Jun 16 • 3:10 PM EDT • Science • huntnewsnu.com
Equip Exposition dials up fun with three nights of epic entertainment

The 2026 entertainment line-up features three nights of back-to-back concerts, receptions, and parties, including a new Thursday evening block party at Louisville’s Paristown Point.

totallandscapecare.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • totallandscapecare.com
Sunrise adds YouTube Premium and HBO Max to entertainment offering

Swiss telecommunications operator Sunrise has expanded its entertainment portfolio with the addition of YouTube Premium and HBO Max, strengthening its position as a one-stop destination for televis…

broadbandtvnews.com logo
Jun 16 • 8:02 AM EDT • Entertainment • broadbandtvnews.com
Informa Markets and Thailand's Health Ministry Join Forces To Deliver a Successful Edition of International Healthcare Week 2026 in Bangkok

Informa Markets joins forces with Thailand's Department of Health Service Support (DHSS) to unveil International Healthcare Week 2026, a transformative regional healthcare platform that will elevate Thailand's position as a world-leading medical and wellness hub and catalyze new waves of investment, innovation, and international partnerships across the healthcare industry.

finance.yahoo.com logo
Jun 16 • 12:24 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Cowboys 2026 roster rundown: RB Javonte Williams

It is so nice to not worry about the running back position.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 15 • 4:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Listening to political opponents who share common values can ease polarization

Americans are more willing to engage with opposing views than popular narratives about echo chambers presume, and perceived common ground can help moderate positions.

news.cornell.edu logo
Jun 15 • 11:08 AM EDT • Politics • news.cornell.edu
Equip Exposition Dials Up Fun With Three Nights of Epic Entertainment For Attendees

/PRNewswire/ -- Equip Exposition, the award-winning international landscape, outdoor living, and equipment exposition trade show, announced today its 2026...

prnewswire.com logo
Jun 15 • 8:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (26%)
wow
100%
The unique World Cup position for Seattle sports fans and why it matters

What these six FIFA World Cup matches in Seattle signify is something far greater.

komonews.com logo
Jun 15 • 7:54 AM EDT • Sports • komonews.com
Can Iraola release the real Wirtz?

Florian Wirtz arrived at Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen last summer amid great fanfare in a then-British record £116m deal - but remained an enigma as he fell far short of expectations. Liverpool still have huge hopes for a gifted attacking player who has only just turned 23, which means one of Andoni Iraola's main tasks is to find a settled position for the German to release the talent he demonstrated before moving to Anfield. This is why Iraola will have been intrigued by what he saw from Wirtz in Germany's 7-1 win against Curacao in their opening World Cup game.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 15 • 6:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Health under the Global Gateway: achievements and future prospects

The EU has increasingly positioned global health as a strategic component of its external action through the EU Global Health Strategy and the Global Gateway in

ceps.eu logo
Jun 15 • 5:17 AM EDT • Health • ceps.eu
Prominent Cambodian opposition politician seeks Supreme Court reversal of incitement conviction

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician emerged Monday from his Supreme Court appeal to a crowd of cheering supporters, telling them he was anxious for judges to ove…

thehill.com logo
Jun 15 • 2:36 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Prominent Cambodian opposition politician seeks Supreme Court reversal of incitement conviction

A prominent Cambodian opposition politician has appealed his conviction on incitement charges to the Supreme Court

washingtonpost.com logo
Jun 15 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Prominent Cambodian opposition politician seeks Supreme Court reversal of incitement conviction

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A prominent Cambodian opposition politician emerged Monday from his Supreme Court appeal to a crowd of cheering supporters, telling them he was anxious for judges to overturn his incitement conviction so that he could get back into politics.

wral.com logo
Jun 15 • 1:58 AM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Cambodia Politics

Supporters of Rong Chhun, a prominent Cambodian opposition politician, shout slogans outside the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, June 15, 2026. A banner, front, reads "Granting freedom to

springfieldnewssun.com logo
Jun 15 • 1:39 AM EDT • Politics • springfieldnewssun.com
Team careers in science: formation, composition and success of persistent collaborations

npj Complexity - Team careers in science: formation, composition and success of persistent collaborations

nature.com logo
Jun 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • nature.com
Why Marketing Feels Harder as Your Business Grows by Nathan Tayloe

At some point, most growing businesses hit the same moment. What used to feel straightforward starts to feel more complicated. Marketing takes more effort. Results feel less predictable. What once worked consistently begins delivering mixed outcomes. It is easy to assume something is broken. In many cases, nothing is. The business has simply reached a different stage. What Worked Before Starts to Lose Its Edge Early on, growth is often driven by a few things working well at the same time: Referrals are strong The value of the offering is clear The team is aligned Decisions are made quickly Marketing, in that stage, tends to feel easier because the business itself is easier to understand. As the company grows, that simplicity fades. The audience expands. Services evolve. New people join the team. More channels are added. More decisions are made across more touchpoints. Marketing is no longer communicating one clear story. It is trying to represent a more complex business. Complexity Creates Friction That added complexity does not always show up immediately. It builds over time. Messaging starts to drift. Different parts of the business describe what they do in slightly different ways. The website no longer reflects how the company actually operates. Sales conversations evolve faster than the brand. At the same time, more activity is introduced to try to keep growth moving: New campaigns More content Additional platforms More tools and reporting The volume increases. The clarity does not always keep pace. That is when marketing starts to feel harder. It’s Not a Lack of Effort Most teams respond to this stage by doing more. More output More meetings More adjustments More experimentation That effort is not misplaced. It is often pointed in the wrong direction. When the underlying issue is a lack of alignment, more activity tends to create more noise. Results become harder to interpret. Decisions take longer. Progress feels inconsistent. From the outside, everything looks active. From the inside, it feels less certain. The Real Shift As businesses grow, marketing becomes less about execution and more about alignment. The companies that navigate this transition well tend to refocus on a few fundamentals: A clearly defined audience A strong, consistent position in the market Messaging that reflects how the business actually operates Alignment between leadership, marketing, and sales When those elements are in place, execution becomes more effective again. Marketing does not necessarily become easier, but it becomes more consistent. A Different Kind of Discipline Growth introduces more opportunity, but it also demands more discipline. What worked when the business was smaller often cannot be scaled without adjustment. The systems, messaging, and decision-making that once felt intuitive need to become more intentional. That is not a sign of failure. It is a normal part of growth. Marketing feels harder because the business has become more complex. The solution is not to outwork that complexity. It is to bring clarity to it. The companies that do that well tend to regain momentum quickly. Those who do not often stay busy without seeing the same level of progress. — Learn more about how we help organizations align strategy, brand, and execution. Visit tayloegray.com, or reach out directly at nathan@tayloegray.com.

wilmingtonbiz.com logo
Jun 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • wilmingtonbiz.com
Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger

Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature. The advance could open new possibilities for more resilient quantum computers and deeper insights into the strange rules that govern the quantum universe.

sciencedaily.com logo
Jun 14 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Oklahoma adds commitment from 2027 OL Jaxon Lawler

The Sooners continue to stockpile talent in their No. 3-ranked recruiting haul. The latest commitments comes in the form of three-star OL Jaxon Lawler, who declared for Oklahoma at the tail end of this weekend’s official visit. Lawler camped and earned an offer from position coach Bill Bedenbaugh last week and wasted no time securing […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 14 • 10:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Momochi and Team Zeta evaluate Ingrid's place on the Street Fighter 6 tier list

Ingrid recently joined Street Fighter 6 as its 30th fighter. Her addition marks the end of Season 3, meaning that we're now awaiting Season 4 content, which recently got announced.It's only been a couple of weeks since ...

eventhubs.com logo
Jun 14 • 9:02 AM EDT • Technology • eventhubs.com
‘The Cardinal Countdown: 84 Days Until Kickoff’

PAYTON COOK #84 Height: 6’1” Weight: 190lb Position: WR Class: Freshman Hometown: Akron, OH Summary: Brohm and staff wanted to go secure some weapons in the high school ranks in 2026, and Cook was high on the list of bolstering up the arsenal. A near consensus four star player, Cook chose the Cards over Miami, […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 14 • 7:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
😐 Neutral (12%)
wow
57%
love
43%
HealthCare CEO named to new position with CT’s top health care advocacy group

As chairman, he will lead the association’s principal policy-making body, which is responsible for guiding advocacy, policy priorities and strategy.

courant.com logo
Jun 14 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • courant.com
82-0 but make it all Penguins

A recent trend has inspired several different websites to pop up in order to create a team that can go undefeated. The premise is getting a random team and decade to select a player, locking in that position once it is taken out, making the strategy to blindly make one selection before the next possibility […]

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 14 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Looking ahead at 5 big Steelers training camp position battles

The Steelers will get together for training camp in a month and these five position battles will be the ones to watch.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 14 • 5:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
18,467 Shares in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. $LYV Purchased by Dockside LLC

Dockside LLC acquired a new position in Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:LYV - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 18,467 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,632,000.

marketbeat.com logo
Jun 14 • 5:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • marketbeat.com
Jadan Baugh 2027 NFL Draft: scouting report for Florida, RB

One of the best returning skill position players in the nation is Florida Gators running back Jadan Baugh, who ran for 1,000 yards in 2025.

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 13 • 3:35 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UVM Health cuts 142 jobs — an estimated $9.5 million in staff positions

UVM Health cuts 142 positions across its hospitals and hospice network, largely administrative roles. The cuts aim to save $9.5 million annually.

vnews.com logo
Jun 13 • 3:05 PM EDT • Health • vnews.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (6%)
love
62%
wow
38%
Barcelona-Catalunya GP Qualifying: George Russell pips Lewis Hamilton to pole position as Charles Lederc crashes out
skysports.com logo
Jun 13 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
State Rep. Joe Schomacker resigns, citing 'new business opportunities' for the decision

A Minnesota lawmaker announced he is resigning from his position, citing new business opportunities as the reason for his departure.

kstp.com logo
Jun 13 • 10:10 AM EDT • Business • kstp.com
In Retrospect: Poland, Russia, Europe

In April I spent a few days with Zryw, a Polish non-profit organization that recruits young people to enter politics and public life. Their aim is to build a new generation of civic leaders in Poland. I’ve followed their evolution from the beginning; my son is one of the founders. (“Zryw” means “impulse” or “burst of speed” in Polish). Julie Chmielewska, one of Zryw’s leaders, interviewed me at the event. Here is the conversation, lightly edited for grammar and context: Julia Chmielewska: Assuming that culture shapes institutions, could we conclude that some cultures are more prone to authoritarianism? Anne Applebaum: I don’t think so. Every culture, every nation, and every country has the potential for change. When we look at history, we can see that nations do change. Poland has changed, for example, from the 1980s to today. There’s a completely different mentality here than the one I encountered when I first visited, in 1988. The current generation sees the world through a different frame. So no, I don’t believe that certain nations are doomed to authoritarianism, or to anything. Of course, there are political and cultural traditions, but they can always be challenged. JC: So do you think there’s something intrinsic in human nature that pushes people to democracy, freedom? AA: I think there is something in human nature, a deep instinct, that pushes people towards freedom, yes. People who live in authoritarian countries – and I’ve heard this from them over and over again – sooner or later find themselves angered by a feeling of helplessness. They can see the unfairness of crooked courts, irrational political decisions. They naturally dislike the fact that somebody has all the power while they have none. In those circumstances, people who have no political background at all sometimes are politicized just by that frustration. I’m thinking of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, for example, who was a Belarusian housewife, until the circumstances of her husband’s arrest forced her to become a politician. I met a woman who is a Uyghur from China, and who had come to live in Turkey. After several of her family members were arrested, she too was propelled into a political role. These kinds of experiences make people interested in democracy or political reform, even if they thought they didn’t care. I also think that the opposite is true: some people instinctively prefer homogeneity, order, hierarchy. They don’t like the confrontation of opinions or the noise of debate, and they lean towards a single leader or a unified regime. I think that most of modern history is shaped by the clash between those two different sides of human nature. JC: Which force do you find more powerful today? AA: I think they both have a lot of power and there’s no way of predicting who wins. Even in countries that seem very shut off or stuck in an authoritarian system can change. We’ve seen that happen. And vice versa, I think democracies can also begin to fail and slide into authoritarianism. So it’s very important not to be complacent in either direction. JC: I want to go into your history and your experiences. You’ve lived in Russia during a time of incredible change in the late 80s, and then you came back to do research in post-Soviet Russia. AA: I was a student in Russia just before the collapse of the Soviet Union. I then traveled and worked there extensively in the 1990s, and I met people who really were full of hope. They hoped that Russia could become a democracy, or at least a place that guaranteed freedom of speech, freedom of the press. These weren’t ideas that came from Washington. Although now the narrative in the Kremlin is different, I met many people who were working towards exactly that kind of transformation. A friend of mine ran a series of seminars – once a year, and then later several times a year, in cities all over Russia – designed to get people to discuss politics in new ways. She invited young politicians and journalists, as well as foreigners. I went to many of them, in Moscow as well as Volgograd and Novosibirsk. Over two decades, hundreds of people came to these seminars, and all of them wanted Russia to be different. I remain convinced that many Russians still want Russia to be different. It’s just that the old system, in the form of Putin, a representative of that system, returned. The KGB reimposed their power. And this wasn’t because of something to do with culture, this was to do with money and politics, and who was in charge. JC: You’ve partially answered my question... I wanted to ask whether that excitement of the 1990s was an exception from the Russian historical norm which has been rather authoritarian? AA: Of course, if you look at the history of Russia since the 18th century, there have always been liberal groups, reformers and revolutionaries. There were the Decembrists, in the early 19th century, and the rural populists later on, who tried to organize the peasantry. A significant group of liberal Russians appeared at the turn of the 20th century, people like the father of the writer Vladimir Nabokov, who was a Russian politician before the revolution. These groups were small in number, but sometimes had a broader significance. The Russian dissident movement in the 1950s and 1960s actually invented the modern human rights movement. It was their idea to hold the leaders of the Soviet Union accountable for the language they used, to remind them of the treaties they had signed and the promised they had made. They created the Helsinki group, for example, that held Soviet leadership to the language of the Helsinki Treaty, which formally ended the Second World War and which contained guarantees of human rights, at least on paper. That idea spread to Eastern Europe, and similar tactics were used here in Poland. (Benjamin Nathans recently wrote a great book about the Soviet dissidents, To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause) JC: But seemingly, even if they do ever get power, they could never hold on to it. AA: We don’t know, because they have never really had power. But in any case, we also don’t know what will happen in the future. There is no reason to assume that Russia will forever be condemned to totalitarianism. Even during the first fifteen years of Putin’s regime there was some form of democratic politics. Only when the full-scale war began did he bring everything to an end: he shut down all remaining independent organizations and killed his most important opponent, Alexi Navalny. But does that mean he is popular, that he enjoys legitimacy? Even now, we don’t really know what Russians think about him, or about the war. There is no way of doing real polling in Russia because nobody will answer an independent pollster over the phone. JC: Do you think that the flock of young people, especially young men, who fled Russia after the start of the war represent a continuation of liberal movements that refuse to partake in the authoritarian state, or do you think they are moving for the sake of self-preservation – “I don’t want to go to the army, so I leave”? AA: I’m sure it’s both. I actually know many people who left Russia for political reasons either in the very last years before the war, or else just after the war began. JC: And do you see a change in the young generation versus the old one that have fled? AA: It’s hard for me to say because the people who I know were mostly already politicized. I do know some younger people who left, but most of them were already either active in the opposition, or working as journalists. Many of them very self-consciously think of themselves as maintaining Russian culture abroad, just as in the 20th century the Soviet dissidents or the anti-communist White Russians once thought of themselves as people who maintained the true Russian culture, outside of Bolshevik Russia. JC: Let’s move on to Poland. One of your first experiences with Poland was reporting on Margaret Thatcher’s first state visit, in the autumn of 1988. You followed her around the farmers’ market. AA: She was making a symbolic gesture. She wanted to welcome free markets, but the only one she could really visit was the farmers’ market at Hala Mirowska. JC: And I want to talk about this area because today you can look out of any window in that district, Mirów, and see rows and rows of skyscrapers. How does it feel to see a country built from the ground in such a short time, both politically and economically? AA: You know, when you’re living in a period of dramatic change, it’s always hard to know whether the change is positive or negative. The transformation in Poland created winners and losers, as well as new classes of people, new political movements of different kinds. At the time, it sometimes just felt like turbulence. Now, we can look back at the 1990s and early 2000s in Poland and see in retrospect that the country was headed in towards prosperity and European integration. In around 2009 or 2010, I remember speaking to a woman who worked cleaning government offices, and who asked me if her daughter should study in Amsterdam or in London. This seemed to me to be a real transformation, and it happened very fast: within a few years, Poles stopped feeling like second-class Europeans, and a generation of younger Poles appeared who had no qualms about crossing borders. JC: We again live in turbulent times. Do you think we’re heading towards positive outcomes? AA: I can’t make predictions, because everything that happens tomorrow depends on what people do today. Also, history doesn’t have a trajectory. It doesn’t move in a particular direction. You only think it does afterwards. As I said, you can look afterwards at Poland in the 1990s and you could say this was a period of great progress. But not everybody at the time saw that. Sometimes people are very wrong about a given country’s trajectory. I remember people writing about Ukraine in the 1990s, about how dangerous it was that Ukraine was independent, that this was going to be an anti-semitic state, that Ukrainian nationalism was going to come back... and although you can say many bad things about Ukraine, the country made many bad choices, actually it became a pretty tolerant state which now has a Jewish president and until recently a Muslim defense minister. JC: In the 1990s Poland’s and Ukraine’s GDP were roughly similar. Ukraine was even a bit richer. So the starting point was similar for both of these countries, but they’ve turned out very, very differently. Even if we stop in 2014. Why do you think Ukraine “chose East”? Was it external influence? AA: No, I think Ukraine was in a different position. First of all, central and eastern Ukraine had been part of the Soviet Union since the 1920s, and had therefore experienced a longer period of occupation, repression, Sovietization and even Russification. Ukraine did not have, as Poland did, an alternative elite: a large cadre of economists and politicians, who already had some experience in opposition politics and in independent thinking. In Poland, the transformative finance minister, Leszek Balcerowicz, had already thought about how an economy might be decentralized before he took office. We can argue about how successful he was, but at least he was prepared to try something new. In Ukraine, people weren’t prepared. For one, there hadn’t been much space even for an illegal opposition in the previous couple of decades. Ukraine was also in many ways still emerging from colonial occupation. For the previous couple of centuries, many of the most capable Ukrainians had moved to Russia, and the first generation of leaders in independent Ukraine tended to be former Soviet apparatchiks. They didn’t immediately seek to become closer to western Europe. Instead, they looked for some kind of economic and political “third way” and an accomodation with Russia. Ukraine became stuck in this position, half-in, half-out and became pretty profoundly corrupt. JC: The Polish alternative elite had a vision of where they wanted the country to go. I think the general perception now is that this vision ends with the next election, right? Is this a natural process of gaining power? AA: Their vision, and it was shared by the time by politicians who now call themselves both left and right, was that Poland should join the EU and NATO, as fast as possible. My husband (Radek Sikorski) was in the very first government that said it wanted to join NATO. At the time this was taken very badly in Washington: the demand for NATO membership absolutely came from Poland, not from the US. But even then, in the early 1990s, many Poles already understood that the Russian sphere of influence would grow once again, that it was important to become part of the transatlantic alliance and an integrated Europe as fast as possible: NATO, the EU, the Council of Europe, all of the trading and security alliances. That consensus lasted through several different governments and over many years, even governments containing former communists. For twenty years, right, left and center disagreed about many things, but they all agreed on the direction that the country should go. In retrospect, that consensus created the basis for prosperity in Poland. JC: And regarding the Polish-Ukrainian relations. We know that antagonisms, e.g. the myth of Wołyń [a massacre of Poles that took place in what is now Western Ukraine, in 1943] are increasingly used in Polish political discourse today. In Ukraine, nationalist historians make heroes out of UPA, the Ukrainian revolutionary army, which is held responsible for this tragedy. Where do you see a start for burying the hatchet? Is the reconciliation of our nations possible? AA: So here’s a strange thing: For more than a decade after they both gained independence, Poland and Ukraine participated in a number of projects that were designed to solve exactly these kinds of Polish-Ukrainian differences. Books were published that were jointly written by Polish and Ukrainian historians, monuments were built. These projects were successful: If you’d asked me this question in 2010, I would have said that there are no real historical issues between Poland and Ukraine, that the two countries had mostly reconciled. For a number of reasons, this began to shift. In Poland, children and grandchildren of victims of the Wołyń massacre felt their tragedy hadn’t been fully recognized. In Ukraine, nationalist groups wanted the UPA partisans who had fought against the Soviet Union recognized for their heroism, despite the fact that some in this broad and not well-defined group were also linked to Wołyń. In both eastern Poland and western Ukraine, the memory of the ethnic cleansing that took place there in the late 1940s - Poles were moved West, Ukrainians East - to accomodate new borders has left feelings of displacement and bitterness. The wave of Ukrainian immigration, which started before the war, may have provoked some of this. But don’t underestimate the role played by Russia, which has always wanted to create discord between Poland and Ukraine, and pumps out propaganda to that effect in both countries. Vandalism on both sides of the border, damage done to cemeteries and monuments, is sometimes carried out by provacateurs working for Russia, just to create bad feelings. The Polish-Ukrainian conflict also hides a different reality: although there are real grievances and bad memories, the truth is that the biggest tragedies both nations experienced in the twentieth century were inflicted by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. That should unite these two countries, not divide them. JC: This week (19.04.2026 – Ed.) in Hungary we saw that using historical narratives to create grievance has no longer worked. Are you optimistic about the direction after Orban’s loss? AA: The Hungarian election was really important because it shows that people can actually resist powerful, dominant propaganda. The ruling party Fidesz controlled all of the TV, 90% of the newspapers, the constitutional court, the bureaucracy... and yet people had the nerve to vote against it and resist it. It’s also an important election because Hungary created a huge network of well-funded think tanks and foundations that were funding other far right groups and projects. So that loss is going to have a knock-on effect in other places too, maybe even in Poland. JC: What you’ve said about resisting propaganda reminds me of one of the interviews you did about talking to Russians in the post-Soviet era who claimed that people knew that the system was lying. Why do people choose to believe in these regimes anyway? AA: Because it’s useful. Stephen Kotkin, an American historian, once described how people would learn how to “speak Bolshevik”: It was just a language that you needed to use in order to get by in society. If you didn’t talk the way the regime wanted you to talk, then you might have problems, or lose your job, or your kids would not get into university. It was a way of getting along. Communist Poland was similar, at least in the early years. When I was writing a book about the Sovietization of Eastern Europe after World War II, I met a lot of people who wanted to talk a lot about the war, when many of them had done really heroic things. But almost nobody wanted to talk about the decade afterwards, between 1945 and 1956. This was when you had the short period of terror, violence and Polish Stalinism. To stay safe, people felt the need to just go along with what others were saying, or stay out of politics, or use communist jargon without necessarily believing it. I don’t judge them for it, and I wouldn’t describe all of those people as collaborators. It’s easy to feel moral certainty in retrospect, because we know that communism ended. But if you were living in 1949, it might not have been clear to you that communism was going to end. In very repressive societies, maybe about 10% of people who are really evil – collaborators, torturers. Maybe 10% of people are really brave and who find ways to resist. And then around 80% of people have kids, they have parents, they have to have jobs and they’ve had to get through it somehow. Strange though it may sound, I’ve found that the work I did on that book is now very useful in explaining some of what’s going on in the United States today. There are plenty of members of the Republican Party in Congress who know perfectly well that Donald Trump says many things that aren’t true. But they avoid criticizing him because it’s inconvenient, because they would get in trouble, because someone would attack them on the internet. So actually you don’t even need mass terror to get people to conform. JC: Is Gen Z reinventing agency? AA: We’ll see. In any generation you can find groups of people who want agency. If you live in a society that’s unfair, for example where a tiny number of people have captured most of the wealth, then at a certain point people rebel. This is always easier for younger people, who have you have less to lose. The question now is how the internet will affect the relationships between citizens and the state, and how it will change organizations. The “Twitter revolutions” people spoke about as early as 2008-9, mass protests organized online, have often proved to be very superficial. Although you can easily join something just by clicking, the work of creating a real movement requires physical participation. Successful mass movements of the past, for example the Civil Rights movement in the United States, were built by people who had spent many years together. They had participated in non-violent workshops together. They practiced and prepared. Just using the you can get everybody to show up at a certain moment, but then when the protest is broken up, nothing happens. It’s also true that the repressive regimes have more recently learned how to use the internet to undermine leaders and movements. Most of all, they now understand how to make people cynical. The form of propaganda that most modern authoritarians use - and I think the Russians really pioneered this - deploys sneering cynicism. Instead of praising the rulers, the regime propagandists mock the opposition movement leadership for being supposedly corrupt or sexually degenerate, with the goal of undermining any kind of idealism. JC: MAGA grew on the internet? AA: MAGA is a real grassroots movement. They had symbols, red hats, they showed up at rallies. But you’re right that the cynicism, the sarcasm and the distrust that the movement embodies came originally from the internet, and this is different. Fifty years ago, most European political parties had a social base in real organizations, in trade unions for Social Democrats, in church groups for Christian Democrats. As people stopped going to church and as the trade unions became smaller, the social base of these parties disappeared. Now people who wouldn’t have known one another in the past meet on the internet and create new movements, many of which don’t last. JC: Is history ending? Going in stale circles? AA: History never ends. In truth, human beings want contradictory things at the same time: order and freedom, stability and change. These things are never resolved, and when a society swings too far in one direction, people always push it the other way. But each time that happens, the result is different. Certainly it is true that we are now in a period when old philosophers and ideas from the 1930s are undergoing a revival. Carl Schmitt, who was a philosopher who was very influential on the Nazis, is back as an influence on both the far left and the far right, once again inspiring people to think that all politics has to be existential, that all politics is about defining and defeating enemies. In the US, some are also bringing back dominionism, the idea that we need a Christian and not a secular state. It’s also true that we are living through a more fundamental shift. The old left-right divide, which was mostly about the size of the state, is much less important now. Instead, we are arguing about more fundamental things: what are our rights, what protects our freedom. Or how much power do we want to give small elites, versus how much power to give ordinary people. In America a small group of very wealthy people now control information, because they control the social media platforms and AI, which means they determine what people will read and learn. Finding a way to preserve preserve zones of autonomy and independent thinking, this is going to be the main task for the next generation. JC: What is the one book that a person interested in Central Europe should read? AA: You could read my book “Iron Curtain: the Crushing of Eastern Europe” which tells the story of how the Soviet Union imposed its culture on the region. Or read Tim Snyder’s history of the region, “The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus 1569-1999.” And everyone should read “The Captive Mind” by Czesław Miłosz, which describes exactly the phenomenon we were talking about: why do people collaborate? I joined Scott Galloway and the brilliant Fiona Hill in a discussion about the wars in Ukraine and Iran, the future of global power, and what these conflicts reveal about America's role in the world. Scott told us that this was the 400th edition of his podcast, which is quite a number: My friend Francesco Chiamulera runs a brilliant series of literary events, Una Colline di Libri, A Hill of Books, in the Prosecco Hills, a region of vineyards and elegant hill towns in the Veneto, north of Venice. We did an event in Vittorio Veneto and also drove and biked around the countryside. Buy Autocracy Inc Buy Iron Curtain Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

anneapplebaum.substack.com logo
Jun 13 • 4:15 AM EDT • Politics • anneapplebaum.substack.com
POLITICS: A day in the life of Alexa Avilés - Red Hook Star-Revue

It’s just past 8 a.m. on a rainy Thursday morning in Sunset Park. City Council Member Alexa Avilés finds herself in a position not unfamiliar to most New Yorkers: rushing out the door, preparing for an early meeting while taking calls with her daughter’s school, and racing to make the morning train.

star-revue.com logo
Jun 12 • 11:39 PM EDT • Politics • star-revue.com
Gabbard rescinds Biden-era intel assessments that were skeptical about ‘Havana Syndrome’

In what is expected to be among her final acts as the nation’s top spymaster, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has rescinded a pair of Biden-era intelligence assessments that took a skeptical position on the existence of a mysterious ailment known as “Havana Syndrome” that has sickened spies, diplomats and other officials overseas.

cnn.com logo
Jun 12 • 11:33 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Deep dive
😐 Neutral (1%)
wow
52%
ahah
48%
Defending migrants, Pope Leo calls for ‘legal’ paths, a nod to fraught politics

As he finished a seven-day visit, Pope Leo articulated a fuller position on migration, including the “right” of nations to protect their borders, that his critics often ignore.

washingtonpost.com logo
Jun 12 • 8:20 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Lake Geneva business leaders establish city's first-ever Pride celebration despite some online opposition

Lake Geneva is the latest community with its own LGBTQ+ Pride celebration. The weekend event has family-friendly activities like chalk drawing, a vendor fair, and a community worship celebration.

tmj4.com logo
Jun 12 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • tmj4.com
Thursday’s camps see Ohio State’s send out several new offers

Thursday’s one-day position camp sees Ohio State’s staff sending out several new offers in the 2028 and 2029 classes

sports.yahoo.com logo
Jun 12 • 5:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com