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A bombshell new 227-page report from the International Energy Agency on paths to avoiding climate catastrophe doesn’t mince words: “Beyond projects already committed as of 2021,” its authors write, “there are no new oil and gas fields approved for development in our pathway, and no new coal mines or mine extensions are required.” Put simply, the Paris-based intergovernmental organization declares—in big, bold text—what for American politicians is unthinkable: “There is no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply.” Drillers... Читать дальше...

On January 6, as insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol building, pro-Trump rioters outside set up a noose. In one photo, taken by a reporter from USA Today, a woman draped in a Trump flag stands on the wooden gallows, clutching the unambiguous symbol of white supremacist terror. She is smiling.

The people of Winchester, Oklahoma are not happy. Last October, the Muscogee Nation began construction on a 25,000-square foot meat processing facility on the tribe’s lands in Okmulgee County. Known as Looped Square Meat Co., the facility is one of three meat processing plants being built by tribal nations in Oklahoma with funds made available by the CARES Act, the other two belonging to the Osage Nation and Cherokee Nation. The pandemic revealed the imbalance of America’s food distribution network... Читать дальше...

Three years ago, AT&T fought the Department of Justice, which had raised antitrust objections to its proposed $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner, and won. The company was betting that it could turn its new holdings into a mighty streaming empire, from which it could then push its phone plans. The company turned HBO, the crown jewel of its new acquisition, into HBO Max, a streaming service aimed at competing directly with Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime. 

Sculpture can tell us a lot about the surface of things. Classical sculpture tells us how a muscle flexes, how a robe folds over a knee, how breasts sit on a body. Modern sculpture can do more: Richard Serra’s massive, tectonic pieces disturb and re-form one’s sense of space and weight (and mortality, if one is up for it). Koons’s stainless steel balloon animals evoke the hidden perversities of the banal. Despite the changes in subject over the centuries, in sculpture we deal mostly with outsides. Читать дальше...