Blog/Commentary
3 questions to ask your financial adviser if you are serious about sustainable investing - MarketWatch
I'm quoted extensively in this article..."If they're just picking a fund by its name, anybody can do that.”
Seven tips for rebuilding your savings after a period of unemployment | The Independent
Earth Equity's Kerry Keihn is quoted in this piece: Periods of transition in working life are great opportunity to reassess your personal finances
Politics
The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine - The New York Times
Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.
How U.S. taxes on the wealthy have taken a 70 year slide away from progressive taxation
A new push by Democrats to increase taxes on the wealthy would only make a small dent in the overall trend.
What Do the Lefty Anti-Vaxxers Do Now? - The Atlantic
They’ve aligned themselves with forces they despise. But lefty anti-vaxxers don’t see the contradiction.
Anonymous hack of Epik web services reveals who’s behind Proud Boys websites - The Washington Post
Epik long has been the favorite Internet company of the far-right, providing domain services to QAnon theorists, Proud Boys and other instigators of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol .
Media
The Facebook Files - WSJ
Facebook knows, in acute detail, that its platforms are riddled with flaws but hasn’t fixed them. That’s a key finding of a Journal series that launched this week, based on an array of internal company documents. Read all the stories here.
Troll farms reached 140 million Americans a month on Facebook before 2020 election | MIT Technology Review
“This is not normal. This is not healthy.”
Markets & Economy
Xi Jinping Aims to Rein In Chinese Capitalism, Hew to Mao’s Socialist Vision - WSJ
Going well beyond curbing tech giants, he wants the Communist party to steer flows of money and set tighter limits on profit making, his speeches show and officials say. More turbulence for foreign businesses is likely.
Pandemic Shipping Delays: Why Deliveries Are So Slow - The Atlantic
Behind shipping delays and soaring prices are workers still at mortal risk of COVID-19.
Transportation
Electric trucks could handle millions of short-haul… | Canary Media
Half of U.S. truck routes cover less than 100 miles. Recent road tests of a bevy of battery-powered trucks show they're ready to take over.
Culture
The Unraveling of the Murdaugh Dynasty: Unsolved Murders, Insurance Fraud and Missing Millions - WSJ
Since Alex Murdaugh admitted last week to trying to stage his own murder, months after his wife and son were killed, new twists have landed by the day in cases involving the South Carolina lawyer and his family. “I feel like I’m in a three-ring circus,” said another lawyer.
Trapped in Kabul, Prominent Afghan Women Fear Retribution Under Taliban Rule - WSJ
Afghan women who invested lives and careers to further a U.S.-backed political order after 2001 have been unable to flee, with many at risk because of their past roles and the Taliban’s new restrictions on women’s rights.
Steven Pinker Thinks Your Sense of Imminent Doom Is Wrong - The New York Times
“It is irrational to interpret a number of crises occurring at the same time as signs that we’re doomed.”