A selection of stories
Politics
Potholes and progress: Mamdani reflects on 100 days as New York’s mayor (Al Jazeera)
Trump made many statements on US economy. Most are untrue (Al Jazeera)
Jim Jordan has serious nerve calling NYC crime ridden (Columbus Dispatch)
Two presidents, two sons, different standards of outrage (Al Jazeera)
Soaring ConEd Bills Add Fuel to Push for Public Power (New York Focus)
Trump US rallies leave behind unpaid dues, again and again (Al Jazeera)
Schumer Let Eviction Ban Lapse as His Former Aide Oversaw Lobbying for Blackstone (TYT Investigates)
Reviewing Lee Zeldin's focus on crime in New York City (City and State)
The Next President Could Be Decided in the Grocery Line (Slate Magazine)
Trump divides the porn industry. He also might ban it. (Mashable)
TECH
As corporate America pivots to AI, consumers rejected for loans, jobs (Al Jazeera)
He Pretended to Be a Soldier, Seducing and Scamming Women Out of Thousands—Until One Victim Turned the Tables (Men’s Journal)
Google’s AI video tool amplifies fears of an increase in misinformation (Al Jazeera)
The creator economy is facing an authenticity crisis(Fast Company)
X’s Grok2AI chatbot escalates problem of deepfakes ahead of US elections (Al jazeera)
The latest industry upset with the use of AI: Fashion (Al Jazeera)
CLIMATE
Could a New ‘Bretton Woods’ Conference’ Prompt Global Climate Change Policy? (Fortune)
As Texas floodwaters recede, lawmakers grapple with emergency preparedness (Al Jazeera)
Small Farmers Are Struggling After the Texas Big Freeze (Civil Eats)
Food and Travel
We Tried the Catskills Ski Resort with a $200K Membership Fee (Thrillist)
The Brooklyn Magazine Restaurant Week barbecue report card (Brooklyn Magazine)
Après Should Only Be For Those Who Ski. Fight Me. (Ski Magazine)
The Truth About Working Remotely on a Tropical Island (InsideHook)
Escape The Heat: Tres Valles: The Ski Resort You Probably Haven’t Heard Of (City and Slopes)
Business
Indy Pass, the Anti-Vail Seasonal Ski Ticket, Is Gaining Fans (Bloomberg Businessweek)
The Tribeca Festival began as a revitalization project. It’s now a big moneymaker for New York. (Marketplace)
Coffee shops are replacing the office but being a “third place” can be a third rail (Sherwood News)
Is the US media layoffs phenomenon the next housing crisis? (Al Jazeera)
As US public media funds officially dry up, local radio stations struggle (Al Jazeera)
‘I don’t have the cash to pay for these tariffs’: US small biz suffers (Al Jazeera)
Ozempic, weight-loss ‘wonder drug’, under scrutiny amid suicide risk claims (Al Jazeera)
Super Bowl drives economic boon in the US ahead of game (Al Jazeera)
Labor
Exclusive: Despite Brooklyn Nets’ Promise, Arena Workers Say They Aren’t Getting Paid (Observer)
The Labor Movement Has Found A Strategic Advantage In The Airline Industry (Talking Points Memo)
Struggling to get by: Behind the US underemployment crisis (Al Jazeera)
Chipotle Borrows From Starbucks’ Playbook As Workers Push To Unionize (Talking Points Memo)
US Fencer’s GoFundMe Highlights Pay Disparity Amongst Olympic Athletes (Observer)
Starbucks, union workers face off as old tensions over wages spill over (Al Jazeera)
Arts
How Olivia Holt Found Her Way to Her Character’s Trauma in ‘Cruel Summer’ (Observer)
Paris Hilton Goes to War With the Multi-Billion Dollar Troubled Teen Industry (Observer)
Only Occasionally Real Time With Bill Maher (Observer)
Will Forte Is Sorry for the Pandemic Jokes in ‘Last Man on Earth’ (Observer)
The Online Festival Giving Quarantined Filmmakers an Outlet for Home Movies (Observer)