Alison Saldanha

Cover of The Economist, 23 Aug 2025: "All-American silicon, the fantasy of home-grown chipmaking", after Norman Rockwell's painting Freedom From Want

Norman Rockwell's painting Freedom From Want

Love this cover, especially all the phones on the table

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Trump Sues Wall Street Journal Publisher Dow Jones Over Jeffrey Epstein Article Defamation lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court.

President Trump filed a lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper defamed him in an article about a birthday letter sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein

New WA hotline to report hate crimes launches in 3 counties • Washington State Standard Washington has launched a hotline to report hate crimes and bias in King, Spokane and Clark counties, three of the state’s biggest.

Most years, Washington sees 500 to 600 hate crime incidents reported to police, according to the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs. This places Washington consistently in the top five states with the most reports. (Jake Goldstein-Street / Washington State Standard)

In the Mississippi Delta, Black Farmers Are Rebuilding the Legacy of Land Ownership They are reviving the mission of an association of Black churches that fed and educated Black families after the Civil War.

Someone recently asked: “Why [aren’t] Mississippians in particular no longer passing on farming knowledge?”

My response: They are, and here are some of the Black farmers who are training up the next generation in the Mississippi Delta.

MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/black-farmer...

Multiple firefighters on scene of fast-moving blaze that has reached homes in Selah SELAH — Firefighters are battling a fast-moving blaze that began in brush and has reached homes.

Level 3 “go now” evacuation notices are in effect for the area. (Tammy Ayer / Yakima Herald-Republic)

Over 20 girls from Camp Mystic unaccounted for after flash flooding, Dan Patrick says Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls, had to be evacuated overnight after “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River.

Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt, had to be evacuated overnight after “catastrophic” flooding along the Guadalupe River.

Coco Gauff is upset at Wimbledon by Dayana Yastremska in first round Gauff, the No. 2 seed, was ousted in straight sets just weeks after winning her second Grand Slam title at the French Open.

Coco Gauff went down in a shocking first-round Wimbledon upset to Dayana Yastremska in straight sets.

Gauff, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, was coming off her second Grand Slam singles title with a win in the French Open last month.

Ex-SMU president Gerald Turner on what bothers him about Dallas — and colleges today Five questions with the longtime head of Southern Methodist University, who never did get used to the summer heat.

SMU's former president discusses what bothers him about Dallas, the changing landscape of higher education and more with High Profile writer Sarah Hepola.

Mamdani Helped a Rival Candidate. She Isn’t Returning the Favor.

“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social . “That’s why we have Donald Trump in the White House and that’s how we keep recycling people like Andrew Cuomo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...

The Oak Cliff Film Festival wants you to come back to the theater for real movies This year’s festival is June 26-29 and features a lineup of genres that includes comedy, thriller, documentaries, LGBTQ, foreign and a selection of short films.

This year’s festival is June 26-29 and features a lineup of genres that includes comedy, thriller, documentaries, LGBTQ, foreign and a selection of short films.

A 'perfect' season for Washington's sweet cherries turns sour because of deportation fears - Northwest Public Broadcasting Cherry growers say the threat of deportations under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is keeping the migrant workforce they rely on this time of year from showing up to work. They…

To supply the world with cherries, growers rely on a roving migrant workforce that follows the ripening season from the Southwest, to California, to Washington. It’s a carefully timed migration, and any delay can be costly for farmers. (Monica Nickelsburg / KUOW)

Sixteen venomous species—including cobras, rattlesnakes and mambas—sank their teeth into Tim Friede. The goal? To immunize himself against the world’s deadliest snakes.

Now, his blood has been used to create a prototype for a universal antivenom. 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/45ABKNB

The Farmers Harmed by the Trump Administration Four months ago, the government cut funding to agricultural labs. Kansas farmers and researchers say they can see the damage.

Great story by @peterslevin.bsky.social tracing how agricultural research in Africa helps U.S. farmers.

Starts with aphid-resistant sorghum in Kansas, then other reasons we created these programs in the first place; features Tim Dalton (my first PhD student!), Dave Tschirley & other #FoodEcon folks

TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID The TSA is expressing frustrations with travelers who are not providing a proper REAL ID to fly.

TSA urges people to stop trying to use a Costco card as a sufficient REAL ID

If you're going, please find me at the @ire.org conference in New Orleans next week where I'll be leading a resilience workshop with the incomparable Parul Somani!

A taekwondo class in rural Alaska may save the community’s school Whale Pass doesn’t have a grocery store, but it does have Alaska’s only certified Songahm Taekwondo dojo. That could be key to drawing more students.

via @alaskapublic.org

Whale Pass has the unlikely distinction of being the nation’s first and only school offering Songahm Taekwondo as a school sport. And as the first ATA Martial Arts certified taekwondo dojo in Alaska, the students have literally put Alaska on the taekwondo world’s map.

Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

19 Black patients who died at at a New Orleans hospital in the 1870s, and whose heads were removed by a doctor to be sent to Germany for racist/pseudoscientific ‘research,’ were laid to rest in a jazz funeral rooted in New Orleans tradition.
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(AP) — President Donald Trump suffered “mental anguish” from CBS News' editing of a “60 Minutes” interview with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris last fall, his lawyers are arguing in court papers.

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Trump's sweeping global tariffs blocked by federal court The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring the trade war to a screeching halt.

🚨 BREAKING: Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs

The TRiiBE announces West Side studio • The TRiiBE The TRiiBE is launching its new chapter, which includes producing documentary films and more.

NEW — “The TRiiBE has finally reached the point where we are embracing a future that we always knew was ours.”

Our publisher Morgan Elise Johnson pens this piece about our exciting new chapter.

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An American Problem We cannot afford to excuse, indulge, or minimize political violence.

“When violence aimed at Jews—or those seen as aligned with them—is dismissed, excused, or rationalized, it undermines the civic norms that hold our society together,” write Reihan Salam and Jesse Arm:

Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.

BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter has killed at least 25 Palestinians, mostly women and children, Gaza's Health Ministry said. The school was hit three times while people slept, setting their belongings ablaze, they added.

Clarksdale Pushed for a Screening of ‘Sinners’. They’re Getting One Next Week. Residents of the town where the film is based will get to watch it alongside its director, Ryan Coogler, and film composer Luwdig Göransson on May 29.

Earlier this month, Capital B reporter and Clarksdale native @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social reported that Clarksdale, where ‘Sinners’ is set, doesn't have a movie theater. Now, multiple free screenings will be held from May 29 to May 31. capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-s...

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Donald Trump’s private clubs have emerged as a moneymaking venture for the president’s second term, and a hub for donors and favor-seekers alike.

It now costs a record $1 million to join Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida resort, up from about $500,000 during his first term.

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

Their MP Is Indigenous. Their MLA Mocked Residential School Survivors | The Tyee How did Vancouver’s west side elect Wade Grant and Dallas Brodie?

Vancouver’s west side is now provincially represented by an MLA who openly mocked residential school survivors and by a federal MP who grew up on the Musqueam reserve.

It’s an indication of how pushback against Indigenous rights have become a right-wing political theme — and communities' reactions.

Trump Truce Leaves India Furious, Pakistan Elated as Risks Loom After four days that saw the worst fighting between India and Pakistan in half a century, as well as some nuclear saber-rattling, Donald Trump on Saturday declared that both countries had reached a “FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE.”

When President Trump announced on Saturday that India and Pakistan had agreed to a ceasefire, the news caught many top officials in New Delhi off guard.

Read the Big Take for more on the timeline of the crisis, and what could happen next.

Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms The Cubs' Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News, said the new pontiff supports the North Siders. But his brother said that is not true.

Best Chicago controversy of the new Pope is the Cubs trying to lay claim to him and his brother having to speak up to clear up that he's a Sox fan. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...

The Price of Remission When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

What is the price of cancer remission?

Basically, the cost of a Nissan Versa every single month.

Such a powerful read by @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social