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WorkRescue of 50-day-old migrant baby on tiny Greek island captures hearts of country
The mayor of the island, Maria Kamma, took to Facebook to share the dramatic rescue, adding: “The community of Tilos has once again risen to the occasion, lending a shoulder to the refugees. The locals are trying to cope in the best way possible with the “migrant crisis” in their homeland and to help the suffering, the wounded and the distressed people.” Work
WorkWorkCan Kamala Harris's Campaign Solve the Latino Turnout Problem? - The New Yorker (No paywall)
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Julie Chávez RodrÃguez, the Harris-Walz campaign manager and the granddaughter of the labor leader Cesar Chavez, made the case for electing Kamala Harris to fellow-Latinos. As an attorney general and a senator from California, Chávez RodrÃguez said, Harris fought for the Latino community. As Vice-President, she helped create five million jobs for Latinos alone, promote business growth, and lower the cost of prescription drugs. As President, Chávez RodrÃguez said, Harris will lower the cost of rent and housing, help increase access to health care, and invest in public education and in institutions that serve Latino communities. Latinos "are critical to our pathway to victory," she continued. "We know that we cannot leave anything on the table when it comes to engaging and turning out our Latino voters."
WorkWorkWhen Resentment Is Building on Your Team - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
Is resentment simmering on your team? Sometimes resentment looks like lashing out; other times it manifests as silence or withdrawal. In this article, the author shares advice from two experts on what to do if you’re worried about resentment building on your team: 1) Don’t assume the issue will resolve on its own. 2) Stay close to your team. 3) If you see something, say something. 4) Embrace tough feedback. 5) Advocate for your team. 6) Shake things up. 7) Focus on common goals.
WorkWorkDemocrats Use the Convention to Try to Define Trump as a Self-Interested Fraud
Ms. Harris’s surprise appearance on the first night of the convention seemed ripped from her opponent’s playbook, a Trumpian bit of stagecraft that electrified the arena. The video that preceded her entrance established the tone and the imagery of her campaign’s path forward, and illustrated her attempt to wrestle back from Republicans ownership of Americana and patriotism.
WorkThese are the 10 hottest ZIP codes in United States
“Although mortgage rate relief is starting to materialize, this year’s hottest ZIPs reflect the focus on affordability that home shoppers have had over the last few years in the face of high housing costs.” Work
WorkKamala Harris raised about half-a-billion dollars in a month
Make America Great Again Inc., a prominent super political action committee (PAC) aligned with the former president, has spent tens of millions of dollars on advertisements promoting Trump. On Tuesday, it reported a $54.4 million haul for July, with the bulk of that cash coming from Timothy Mellon, the grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. The group had $124.4 million cash on hand at the end of last month. WorkThe wheels are coming off at Stellantis
On the agenda will be a new strategy for the North American branch of Stellantis, which Tavares recently said was “humbled” by its latest sales figures. The company boss said Stellantis fell victim to everything from high vehicle inventories, manufacturing issues and “a lack of sophistication,” reports Reuters.
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While President Biden has made climate change a signature issue, signing into law the largest clean energy investments in American history, Ms. Harris has yet to detail for voters her climate or clean-energy positions. Some analysts chalked that up to strategy and said new promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions or rein in fossil fuels could alienate voters particularly in the energy-rich swing state of Pennsylvania. WorkWorkIsrael and Hezbollah Trade Cross-Border Strikes
The cross-border strikes highlighted how months of diplomatic efforts, led in part by the United States, have failed to either broker a stop to the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, or ease hostilities along the Lebanese border. Israel and Hezbollah have dramatically increased the pace of their attacks since October, when Hezbollah began firing into Israel, saying it was acting in solidarity with Hamas and the people of Gaza. WorkHow Costco Hacked the American Shopping Psyche
Inside the vast store, overloaded shopping carts seemingly pilot themselves down the aisles. One was pushed by Gabriella Pelesasa, a teenager who was buying, among other things, a pair of whole pigs, at 45 pounds each. WorkWorkPakistan Arrests Man Over Disinformation That Helped Spur U.K. Riots
The site, which gave the appearance of being a local American television news station, mostly posted clickbait news articles about crime in the United States, Britain and Australia. A Facebook account for the site indicated that it was managed by people in Pakistan and the United States. WorkWorkMicrosoft's latest accessible controllers include the Xbox Adaptive Joystick
Finally, the ByoWave Proteus Controller, revealed earlier this year for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, is now available to order. The innovative, modular gamepad has “snap and play” parts that offer over 100 million combinations tailored to your needs. The Proteus is available for $299 in the US, EU, UK and Canada. WorkUS military announces $20m grant to build cobalt refinery in Canada
The investment by the Pentagon marks the third since Joe Biden visited Ottawa in 2022. It is notable as the first large investment since the second world war, when the US poured money into Quebec’s aluminum industry in order to secure a steady supply of the coveted material. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe case of the nearly 7,000 missing pancreases
There are some mysteries that I fear I’ll never see resolved. Who was DB Cooper and what happened to him? Who robbed the Gardner Museum of its Vermeer and Rembrandts in 1990? And, most pressingly: where are the thousands of pancreases taken out of Americans’ dead bodies in 2021, 2022, and 2023 that were never transplanted into anybody? WorkWhy Americans Are Cooking More At Home
But I cook a fair amount from home these days, and I decided it was time to splurge on a pan from Made In, a brand that is seemingly everywhere and sells expensive cookware it bills as professional quality. The pan is one of the fanciest things in my kitchen—it comes with a red rubber cover so nothing touches it, and even Bon Appetit recently recommended it as one of the best nonstick pans (who would want a stick pan?). WorkThe Middle East's bizarre waiting game: ceasefire or Armageddon? - The Economist (No paywall)
IT WAS HARD not to detect a note of desperation from Antony Blinken. The American secretary of state is making his ninth visit to the Middle East since war in Gaza began over ten months ago. The latest round of indirect talks between Israel and Hamas is, he insisted, “a decisive moment” that is “probably the best, maybe the last opportunity” for reaching a ceasefire and a release of Israeli hostages. Yet no agreement has been struck yet. Amid his visit Iran issued another threat of a direct attack on Israel, which “must await calculated and precise strikes”. But the clerical regime appears uncertain of its timetable, too. It added that “time is on our side and it is possible that the waiting period for this response will be long”. WorkWorkWorkWorkArs Technica content is now available in OpenAI services
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Ms. Duvall said Monday that although her childhood experience was harrowing, she was at least told at the time that she had options regarding the pregnancy — unlike many women today. Dobbs v. Jackson, the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe in 2022, triggered bans on abortion in almost all circumstances in Kentucky and several other states. Voters in Kentucky that year rejected a ballot measure that would have removed the right to an abortion in the state Constitution, but the Supreme Court upheld the state’s near-total ban a year later. WorkWorkIn Chicago, Democrats Warn of Threat to Democracy
At the polls, the issue has seemed to favor Democrats. In the 2022 midterm elections, Mr. Biden led a focused attack on political extremists seeking to disrupt the democratic process, pairing the issue with abortion rights and leading to Democratic wins in several critical states. Images of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol have been fodder for attack ads produced for Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. WorkConvention Insider: Ro Khanna Never Skips Breakfast
Mr. Khanna’s whirlwind morning took him next to speak at breakfasts for the Nevada and New Hampshire delegations, where he snapped photos, signed a copy of his book, “Progressive Capitalism,” and lingered to chat with attendees until a harried staff member ushered him away to an interview. Earlier, he had spoken with Abbas Alawieh, an “uncommitted” delegate from Michigan and a founder of a protest group representing Democratic primary voters who opposed President Biden over his stance on the war in Gaza. WorkThree Delegates, Decades Apart in Age, Converge at the Democratic Convention
She was 27, and it had been a traumatic year. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. Ms. Baca, an employee of Robert F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, had been at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles the night Mr. Kennedy was killed. Brimming with grief and anger, she arrived in Mexico City to see her sister just as the police there attacked student demonstrators. WorkThe Party's After-Parties: Once Dreary Democrats Remember How to Have Fun
That is just how Republicans felt when they gathered for their convention in Milwaukee last month. They were joyful that former President Donald J. Trump had survived the assassination attempt. Hopeful that Mr. Biden would stay in the race and get clobbered by Mr. Trump. And certainly, they were fired up. (Hulk Hogan even ripped off his shirt.) WorkWorkDonations Soared for Harris After Biden Dropped Out
The Harris and Trump campaigns had already announced their top-line fund-raising figures for July. Democrats entered August in a stronger position than Republicans did, with about $50 million more in cash on hand, after out-raising them more than two-to-one. A fuller picture of how much money Ms. Harris raised won’t be available until her joint fund-raising committees file reports with the Federal Election Commission later this year. WorkWork TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us | Advertise Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs.
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