Новости за 13.10.2022

It’s no longer unusual to see people fishing in New York City, whether in the rivers or the harbor. You can catch and eat striped bass, bluefish, flounder, herring, mackerel. Attracted by the abundance of fish, seals and dolphins frolic in New York Harbor, as well, along with the occasional shark. Humpback whales—absent from the harbor for at least a century—are now seen often enough to sustain whale-watching expeditions. At least four kinds of endangered and threatened sea turtles are at home in the city’s harbor and Long Island Sound. Читать дальше...

Last term, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority showed that it was unafraid of flexing its muscle when it voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark ruling that had been in place for nearly half a century. Now that the Supreme Court has begun a new term, how can progressives prepare for a conservative majority that’s highly skeptical of government power?

The statutes around independent contracting are decades old and don’t reflect change in technology, the workplace, or current workplace structures.

The political ad features interlaced photographs of violence, all with a racial theme: a burning building, a young white man with a bloodied head, and two Black men standing in the front of an angry crowd with their arms lifted in triumph. Meanwhile, the candidate piously declares in a voice-over: “Let us recognize that the first civil right of every American is the right to be free of … violence.”

Recently, in the wake of a devastating disaster, came a sight for sore eyes: President Joe Biden and Ron DeSantis—the governor of my home state—set aside some obvious differences to praise one another and renew their commitments to working together to assist the victims of Hurricane Ian. It was a spectacular relief to see, precisely because such moments are so rare these days. But it underscored something that really shouldn’t need to be: Working together—or not—is a choice.

When I wrote about the Supreme Court’s decision to take up Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith last March, I wrote almost in jest that the justices would have to answer an age-old question: “What is art?” On Wednesday, the justices wrestled with just that issue—and how the law should treat “derivative” or “transformative” works of it. It’s unclear how the court will come down in this case, but a victory for either side could have broader implications for the boundaries... Читать дальше...