Mecca 1979: The mosque siege that changed course of Saudi history. I remember the day quite vividly. It was my 30th birthday in our modest Jeddah apartment, when a friend barged in with a shocked expression. "Qayamat (end of times) is here," he shrieked. https://t.co/2gomUIILqm
Wages for rank-and-file workers are rising at the quickest pace in more than a decade, even faster than for bosses, a sign that the labor market has tightened sufficiently to convey bigger increases to lower-paid employees.
Anne Lee would never have considered turning to food stamps and food pantries in 2013, when she and her husband took over the family farm. But that was before years of falling milk prices and the effects of President Trump's trade wars.
There's been a lot of anecdotal evidence about how tariffs are behind the manufacturing slump. Now the Federal Reserve proves it, finding that the trade war is hurting the sector it was ostensibly supposed to help: https://t.co/JdpbFtEAwOpic.twitter.com/HEKg7C82cw
At a time when germs are growing more resistant to common antibiotics, many companies that are developing new versions of the drugs are hemorrhaging money and going out of business, gravely undermining efforts to contain the spread of deadly, drug-resistant bacteria [....]
Like many, I read and enjoyed this terrific critique of the exaggerated snowflake narrative that dominates higher ed conversations. But those finding it revelatory should ask why they needed a non-traditional student account to be persuaded. https://t.co/edmqtydg4i
Lisa Murkowski, swing GOP vote, says she’s “disturbed“ by McConnell coordination with WH for Trump trial. “When I heard that I was disturbed. .. To me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense.” https://t.co/RE2qCWbevZ
From 2012 to 2018, US authorities seized 700 Ecuadorean citizens for drug smuggling and tried them in the US. This has caused devastation in coastal villages which depended on them. https://t.co/HYuQjSPjzB
WASHINGTON — The high costs of health care are a driving force animating House Democrats in the swing districts that will decide control of Congress next year, with the electoral consequences of their votes to impeach President Trump unclear and a court ruling that left the fate of the Affordable Care Act in limbo.
