Posts by Amelia Frost
Instagram and Facebook Blocked and Hid Abortion Pill Providers’ Posts
[ad_1] Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. The actions ramped up in the last two weeks, and were especially noticeable in the last two days, abortion…
Read MoreJapan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008
[ad_1] In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time. Inflation and wage growth are mostly back where they were in the early 1990s, just before the spiral of price deflation and economic stagnation that became known as “the lost decades.” That prompted the Bank of Japan on Friday to…
Read More$3,000 for a Used iPhone? If It Has TikTok, Maybe.
[ad_1] For about $1,000, you may leave an Apple store with a brand-new, hermetically sealed iPhone that’s been personalized for you by a verified Genius. Or, for hundreds or even thousands of dollars more, you can buy a used phone with a cracked screen and dirt-filled speakers, from someone on the internet. It all just…
Read MoreNew Research Finds Potential Alternative to Abortion Pill Mifepristone
[ad_1] A new study suggests a possible alternative to the abortion pill mifepristone, a drug that continues to be a target of lawsuits and legislation from abortion opponents. But the potential substitute could further complicate the politics of reproductive health because it is also the key ingredient in a contraceptive morning-after pill. The new study,…
Read MoreIce In The Sky: Thailand’s Fight Against Air Pollution
[ad_1] Flying through Bangkok’s cloudless blue skies, a small aircraft sprays a white mist over a thick haze of pea soup smog below. This is Thailand’s desperate, unproven attempt at reducing the oppressive air pollution over its capital, which on Thursday reached eight times the World Health Organization’s recommended daily maximum average. The scourge has…
Read MoreCharles Phan, Whose Slanted Door Elevated Vietnamese Food, Dies at 62
[ad_1] Charles Phan, a self-taught chef whose family fled Vietnam when he was a teenager and whose sleek restaurant helped change America’s perception of Asian food by replacing menus of inexpensive noodle dishes and spring rolls with ones that married the best local ingredients with the food he grew up on, died on Monday in…
Read MoreJustice Dept. Cancels Entry-Level Job Offers in Honors Program
[ad_1] The Justice Department has abruptly rescinded job offers made to dozens of recent law school graduates who were to be placed in entry-level positions in its antitrust, criminal, civil rights, immigration and national security divisions, and at the F.B.I., according to people familiar with the situation. The offers were made through the Attorney General’s…
Read MoreStocks Hit a Record Amid Strong Earnings and Easing Inflation Concerns
[ad_1] The S&P 500 clambered back to a record high on Thursday, inching above a peak reached in early December, building on gains after President Trump reiterated his commitment to bring down oil prices — a major component of inflation. The S&P 500 rose just 0.5 percent on Thursday, but the gain added to a…
Read MoreTrump Issues Executive Order to Support the Growth of Cryptocurrencies
[ad_1] President Trump on Thursday issued an executive order to support the growth of the cryptocurrency industry, calling for a new plan to regulate a business in which he has substantial personal investments. The executive order, which was light on details, said the Trump administration would create a working group on digital assets to come…
Read MoreTrump Lashes Out at Banks Over Treatment of Conservatives
[ad_1] President Trump took an unexpected swipe on Thursday at the big banks that have cheered his return to office, as he raised longstanding Republican complaints that they are discriminated against by major lenders. The moment came almost as an aside, as Mr. Trump was participating virtually in a question-and-answer session with executives gathered at…
Read MoreTrump Drive to Cut Safety Net Could Hit His Voters
[ad_1] In his first term as president, Donald J. Trump targeted what many Republicans consider blatant welfare waste — a rule that gives food stamps to millions of people with incomes above the usual limit on eligibility. His proposed change would have saved billions but hurt low-income workers making the bootstraps efforts that conservatives say…
Read MoreSacklers Up Their Offer to Settle Purdue Opioids Cases, With a New Condition
[ad_1] Seven months after the Supreme Court struck down a deal that would have resolved thousands of opioid cases against Purdue Pharma, the company’s owners, members of the Sackler family, have increased their cash offer to settle the litigation — but with a novel catch. Under the framework for a new deal, the Sacklers would…
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