Tarpley Hitt

Sep 25, 2024 | sherwood.news | Tarpley Hitt

This past spring, the WNBA underwent a transformation. It was not the arrival of mega-talented new players — the highest-profile class of rookies in the league’s 28-year history, including Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Rickea Jackson, though that was part of it. Nor did this change have to do with the explosion in attendance and TV viewership, giving the league — which headed into the playoffs this week — its most-watched regular season in 21 years. Though that played a role too.

Nov 17, 2023 | thenation.com | Jeet Heer |Atef Abu Saif |Elie Mystal |Tarpley Hitt

The Nation WeeklyFridays. A weekly digest of the best of our coverage. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Israeli officials have also falsely tried to suggest that images of Palestinian civilians being killed are fabrications and created by “Pallywood” crisis actors.

Nov 17, 2023 | thenation.com | Jeff Faux |Tarpley Hitt |Elie Mystal |James Bamford

The Nation WeeklyFridays. A weekly digest of the best of our coverage. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional offers for programs that support The Nation’s journalism. You may unsubscribe or adjust your preferences at any time. You can read our Privacy Policy here. Having had its ideological pockets picked, the left is now stuck…• futilely arguing over “good guys vs. bad guys” (Israelis vs. Palestinians, Russians vs. Ukrainians, Chinese vs.

Nov 16, 2023 | newyorker.com | Tarpley Hitt

This was the public début of “the hedge fund’s unofficial handbook.” One version outlined more than two hundred general rules that ranged from short axioms (“Don’t act before thinking”) to long-winded anecdotes about Darwinian competition, all compiled in a chaotically designed document that made liberal use of ellipses, highlights, underlines, bolded text, charts, and equations like “Reality + Dreams + Determination = A Successful Life.” An early chapter described a favorite allegory of...

Nov 13, 2023 | thenation.com | Elie Mystal |Joan Walsh |Katha Pollitt |Tarpley Hitt

Society / For all the hype, the high court’s flashy new ethics rules are little more than a PR stunt designed to take the heat off scandal-plagued justices. Ad PolicyIn surprising news, the Supreme Court announced Monday that for the first time in history, all nine justices have adopted an ethics code. But there’s no reason to celebrate just yet or herald the end of public corruption on the Supreme Court. Their self-adopted ethics rules have holes big enough to sail a super yacht through.