The scale and influence of a company such as Amazon Web Services Inc. highlight the value that can accrue when a business offers a unique set of services in high demand: The major cloud provider has grown because its customers can’t grow without it. “It is really adapt or die,” […]
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It’s Euphoria (finale) Sunday AND SAG Award Sunday, wrapping up a week of hectic pop culture phenomena. Here’s what you may have missed this week: SAG Awards / TBS 1.In a turn of events not even Raven Baxter could have predicted, Queen Elizabeth supposedly “died” after testing positive for COVID-19, […]
Inmates at a federal correctional institution in California said they were subjected to a chronic and pervasive culture of sexual abuse at the hands of predatory prison workers and officials—and were uniformly punished or ignored when they tried to report it, according to a new investigation from the Associated Press. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been… WASHINGTON (AP) — Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers and even […]
click to enlarge Courtesy of the DIA Fede Galizia (Italian, 1578–1640), “Judith with the Head of Holofernes,” 1596, Oil on canvas. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Polak, 1969, SN684. The Detroit Institute of Arts hopes to correct the male-dominated telling of […]
Today is a good news day for the lactose-intolerant. Promising “cow cheese, without the cow,” dairy alternative startup New Culture has attracted $25 million from investors to take its vegan mozzarella national. The three-year-old Bay Area start-up is one of the latest entrants to the fast-growing alternative meat (and other animal […]
A former Rivian marketing executive filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the EV truck startup alleging she was fired after raising concerns about a “toxic bro culture” in the C-suite. Laura Schwab, 48, alleges she was forced out last month after less than a year as vice president of sales […]
1. I like Aaron Rodgers, and I don’t like “PC culture,” but this was a huuuuuuge stretch. During his weekly appearance Tuesday on The Pat McAfee Show, the topic of Rodgers’s “I own you” comments to Bears fans came up. You’ll recall that after scoring a rushing touchdown to seal Green […]
During the Packers-Bears showdown on Sunday, Aaron Rodgers wasn’t holding back. The reigning NFL MVP scored on a six-yard rushing touchdown with four minutes and 30 seconds to go in the fourth quarter against his NFC North rivals on Sunday afternoon, and he decided to let out a few choice […]
Comedy great Damon Wayans is speaking out on the ongoing public schism surrounding Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special “The Closer” and said he believes Chappelle is “a unicorn” for standing up to “PC culture.” “I feel like Dave freed the slaves — the comedians,” the “Major Payne” actor, 61, told […]