How Escalating Attacks in Yemen Impact Global Oil Trade

How Escalating Attacks in Yemen Impact Global Oil Trade

The group alleged on Sunday evening that Saudi Arabia had conducted 58 airstrikes across Yemen during the preceding 24 hours, and 129 strikes across Yemen over the 48 hours before Saturday evening. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed those strikes. Inside Yemen, government forces launched strikes near Mokha, Dhubab, and elsewhere in Taiz, claiming they destroyed…

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What It Was Like to Know Gloria Steinem

What It Was Like to Know Gloria Steinem

Several years into our friendship, I found her essay “Revaluing Economics” in Moving Beyond Words. Published in 1994—years before the National Domestic Workers Alliance was even the germ of an idea—she wrote about care as an essential resource that our economic model has never adequately valued, in no small part because of its association with women. …

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The High Cost of Winning a Michelin Star

The High Cost of Winning a Michelin Star

One reason: The arrival of the star and crimson plaque can alter the entire local food ecology around a restaurant. Suppliers and vendors, aware of a kitchen’s new status, often increase prices. Landlords like to raise rents. Staff, suddenly more marketable, must be paid more to be retained. The kitchen, chasing the standard the star…

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How the Iran War Forced the Gulf to Rethink Its Security

How the Iran War Forced the Gulf to Rethink Its Security

For more than a decade, the Gulf states have been working on a diversification strategy to insure against an unreliable Washington and a threatening Tehran at once. This tack gained momentum after the 2015 nuclear deal eased Tehran’s isolation even as Syria and Yemen deepened fears of Iranian regional reach. At the same time, Washington…

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