Blog/Commentary
What the Fed’s September Meeting Means for Your Investments - WSJ's Take On the Week - WSJ Podcasts
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Politics
A Trip to Ukraine Clarified the Stakes. And They’re Huge. - The New York Times
Ukraine is a game-changer for the West, rivaling the importance of German unification, and the European Union is the key.
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate - The Atlantic
In an exclusive excerpt from my forthcoming biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.
Responsible Investing
New York, Oregon Pension Funds Sue Fox Corp. for Opening Itself Up to Lawsuits | Chief Investment Officer
Fox recently settled for $787 million a lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.
Markets & Economy
A 3% Mortgage Rate in a 7% World? This Startup Says It Can Do That - WSJ
Loan assumptions, which let a home buyer essentially take over a seller’s mortgage, are hard to find and hard to pull off.
Climate Change
Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change - WSJ
Internal documents show what the oil giant said publicly was very different from how it approached the issue privately in the Tillerson era.
Transportation
Why the UAW Strike Isn't the Biggest Problem for Ford and GM - Barrons
The auto workers strike highlights Ford and GM's biggest issue: Can they afford to spend what it takes to thrive in the new world of electric vehicles?
Science
Whales, From Above - The New York Times
The photographer Sutton Lynch is documenting a dramatic turning point off the coast of Long Island — a resurgence of sea life after decades of depletion.
A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos | WIRED
Physicists finally know where at least some of these high-energy particles come from, which helps make the neutrinos useful for exploring fundamental physics.
Environment
A Montauk Fisherman Faces Prison Over 200,000 Pounds of Fluke - The New York Times
Chris Winkler is on trial, accused of taking too many fish from the seas off gentrified Montauk. His former partners have pleaded guilty, and stand to make millions from the sale of their small seafood-themed empire.
Culture
We Are Not Just Polarized. We Are Traumatized. | The New Republic
The pandemic. The mass shootings. Insurrection. Trump. We've been through so much. What if our entire national character is a trauma response?
