Movies and TV productions are rapidly leaving California to film outside the United States, where labor costs are lower and tax incentives greater. Industry workers are exasperated.
Category: Politics and Government
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Meat Is Back, on Plates and in Politics
After years in which “plant-based” was the mantra, meat once again dominates the national conversation about dinner.
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Trump Has Mixed Emotions Toward Japan
The president at turns praises and criticizes Japan, a U.S. ally that decades ago stirred his anger over the unequal balance of trade and his penchant for tariffs.
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Republicans Debate Higher Taxes on the Rich
The idea of raising taxes on rich Americans has caught the Republican Party between its populist ambitions and low-tax instincts.
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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
Eric Slesinger made a career shift from the spy agency to venture capital, championing military start-ups as Europe beefed up its defenses amid an uncertain relationship with the United States.
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Rewiring Britain for an Era of Clean Energy
National Grid, which owns the high-voltage electricity grid in England and Wales, is rebuilding it in a government-backed drive to attract investment and tackle climate change.
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British Government Takes Control of Country’s Last Major Steel Mill
London says it acted to prevent the plant’s Chinese owners from closing the plant, threatening jobs and national security.
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The Digestible Politics of the Message Tee
Some elected officials and those in power are making use of a classic bit of fashion to deliver big ideas.
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Investors Seeking Safety Look to German Government Bonds
The country’s debt is in demand amid the chaos in financial markets spurred by whipsawing U.S. tariff policies.
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Bob McManus, Blunt Editorial Voice of New York Post, Dies at 81
As the editor of the tabloid’s editorial page and as a columnist, he skewered those he considered phonies and symbols of failed progressivism.
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Robert W. McChesney, Who Warned of Corporate Media Control, Dies at 72
In over a dozen books, he explored the failures of journalism and the internet, blaming capitalism and calling for the nationalization of Facebook and Google.