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☆ Fact Check-Fake tweet attributed to Obama’s late chef
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters found no evidence the tweet circulating on social media was real. The @pepemqtters post can still be seen: ( here ), ( here ). The @pepemqtters account includes the acronym WWG1WGA, short for “where we go one, we go all,” a staple phrase used by adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory. There is no evidence that Obama’s personal chef posted the message on Twitter, now renamed X. Read more about our work to fact-check social media posts ( here ).

Persons: Tafari Campbell, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, “, Barack Obama ”, Donald Trump’s, Read Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, Authorities Locations: Massachusetts, Martha’s

☆ Fact Check-Obama’s chef did not die on the anniversary of Epstein’s death
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The body of Tafari Campbell, the personal chef to former U.S. President Barack Obama, was not recovered on the anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein’s death, contrary to rumors circulating online a few days after Campbell died. Reuters reported that Campbell’s body was found in the upscale Massachusetts town of Martha's Vineyard on July 24. Within a couple of days, posts on social media shared a conspiracy that Campbell died the same day as Jeffrey Epstein (here), (here), (here). The body of the Obamas’ personal chef, Tafari Campbell, was not recovered on Jeffrey Epstein’s death anniversary. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

Persons: Tafari Campbell, Barack Obama, Jeffrey Epstein’s, Campbell, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein, Read Organizations: Reuters, Authorities Locations: Massachusetts, Martha's, New York

☆ Body of Obamas' personal chef recovered from Martha's Vineyard lake
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Sharon Bernstein | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 24 (Reuters) - A missing paddle boarder whose body was recovered from a lake in the Massachusetts resort community of Martha's Vineyard was the personal chef to former President Barack Obama, authorities said. “Tafari was a beloved part of our family," the Obamas said in a joint statement. Campbell's body was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond on Monday, the Massachusetts State Police said. The chef leaves behind his wife, Sherise, and twin sons, the Obamas said. At the time of his death, Campbell, who lived in Dumfries, Virginia, was visiting Martha's Vineyard, but the Obamas were not present, the Massachusetts State Police said.

Persons: Martha's Vineyard, Barack Obama, Tafari Campbell, Obama, Michelle Obama, “ Tafari, Campbell, Sherise, Sharon Bernstein, Lincoln Organizations: White, Massachusetts State Police, Thomson Locations: Massachusetts, Martha's, Dumfries , Virginia

☆ In Remote Work Era, Hotel Operators Make a Bet on Longer Stays
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Martha C. White | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As a road warrior for 35 years, Tanna Pearman has crisscrossed the country, staying at luxury hotels and roadside motels. Her least favorite are boxy convention hotels with cavernous lobbies that are easy to get lost in. Interest in extended-stay hotels has grown, driven in part by a rise in remote work as well as an increase in work crews moving from site to site for infrastructure investments in projects like road building and green energy. And because visitors tend to stay longer and need less housekeeping, extended-stay hotels — particularly those focused on more cost-conscious travelers — are less expensive to build and operate than their full-service counterparts. Recognizing the higher margins these side-of-the-highway lodgings offer, hotel companies are looking at them with fresh eyes, expanding their portfolios and adding new brands.

Persons: Tanna Pearman, Pearman, ” Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Former White House chef and Obama employee found dead at Martha’s Vineyard pond after falling while paddleboarding, police say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Celina Tebor Kevin Liptak Zoe Sottile | Celina Tebor | Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A former White House chef who was working for the Obama family was found dead Monday in a pond on the south shore of Martha’s Vineyard, according to Massachusetts police. Another paddleboarder on the pond with him at the time witnessed him go under the water, according to the release. In a join statement emailed to CNN, Barack and Michelle Obama said they had first met Campbell when he worked as a sous chef at the White House. Tafari Campell appeared in a video about beer brewing at The White House in 2012. “When we first met him, he was a talented sous chef at the White House – creative and passionate about food, and its ability to bring people together.

Persons: CNN —, Obama, Tafari Campbell, “, Campbell, Michelle Obama, Tafari Campell, Tafari, ”, He’s, Tafari –, Sherise, Xavier, Savin – Organizations: CNN, White, Vineyard, Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts Environmental Police, Police, The State Police, Unit, Cape, Islands, Edgartown Police Locations: Martha’s, Massachusetts

☆ Obama Family Chef Dies While Paddleboarding on Martha’s Vineyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Remy Tumin | More About Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A personal chef to the Obama family died over the weekend after he was seen struggling in the water while paddleboarding near the former first family’s home on Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts State Police said on Monday. The body of the chef, Tafari Campbell, 45, of Dumfries, Va., who was visiting the Vineyard, was found just before 10 a.m. Monday about 100 feet from shore in Edgartown Great Pond in water about eight feet deep by the Massachusetts Environmental Police. It had deployed sonar from a boat during an hourslong search that began Sunday night and involved several law enforcement agencies. Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were not home at the time of the accident, the state police said. An investigation into the death of Mr. Campbell, who had worked as a sous chef when the Obamas were in the White House and stayed on with them afterward, is being conducted by the state police and the Edgartown Police Department.

Persons: Obama, Tafari Campbell, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Mr, Campbell Organizations: Massachusetts State Police, Vineyard, Massachusetts Environmental Police, White, Edgartown Police Department Locations: paddleboarding, Dumfries, Va, Edgartown, Turkeyland

☆ They Checked Out Pride Books in Protest. It Backfired.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Jill Cowan | More About Jill Cowan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Conservative groups nationwide have pushed to ban books that discuss L.G.B.T.Q. issues from libraries and schools, saying that parents should be able to control what their children are being taught. The group has promoted a “Hide the Pride” campaign that encourages supporters to check out or move books that depict L.G.B.T.Q. Organizers have described such material as pornographic and obscene and said it should not be available to young library patrons. Both were checked out by the protesters in San Diego.

Persons: Amy M, Vance, Martha Martin, ”, Brian Burch, “ Morris Micklewhite Organizations: Rancho Peñasquitos Library, Catholic Locations: San Diego, Indiana, Coney

☆ Best 1-Year CD Rates
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Martha C. White | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +7 min

Best 1-year CD ratesToday’s market for one-year CDs is big and very competitive—good news for yield-seekers. To help you find the best yields you can get today, here are some one-year CDs with the highest APYs currently on the market. These picks reflect the best available one-year CD rates as aggregated by DepositAccounts, com, which tracks roughly 275,000 rates at more than 11,000 banks and credit unions, and Buy Side from WSJ’s own research. Increased competition for your dollars today means that the best one-year CD rates come very close to tracking the movement of the Fed’s benchmark federal-funds rate, says DepositAccounts.com founder Ken Tumin. We concentrated on rates available across the U.S., although you might find a great one-year CD rate at a local community bank or credit union near you.

Persons: Martha C, Banks, Ken Tumin, Tumin, “, ” Tumin, you’re, ”, Kathy Carey, Baird Organizations: Federal Reserve, FDIC, National Credit Union Administration Locations: U.S

☆ Former Essence Magazine employees say they witnessed a 'hellish' and 'dehumanizing' culture at the leading publication for Black women in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

On June 28, 2020, a group of women using the name Black Females Anonymous published a damning public letter that shook Essence magazine, the leading publication for Black women in America, to the core. Essence magazine was launched in 1970 at a time when Black business and civil-rights leaders called for greater self-determination and empowerment. The magazine was the brainchild of a group of four Black businessmen who identified a lack of publications for Black women in America. "And that is to serve Black women deeply, to serve women of color in a way that no one else has thought about." Essence CEO Michelle Ebanks, Dennis, and Essence chief content and creative officer, Moana Luu, at the 2020 13th Annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood luncheon.

Persons: Richelieu Dennis, Dennis, haven't, Susan Taylor, Taylor, —, Jason Kempin, wasn't, Michelle Ebanks, Rich Dennis, Arturo Holmes, Margarita Corporan, Forbes, let's, didn't, Sandra Okerulu, Ebanks, Luu, Moana, Rich Polk, Wears, Danielle Young, Julee Wilson, Candace Montgomery, Wilson, Montgomery, Martha, Martha Dennis, Rechelle, Sophia, Richelyna, Alan Lescht, bristled, Joy Collins Profet, Readers, Essence's, Collins Profet, Caroline Wanga, — it's, Wanga, unappreciated, Travis Montaque, cofounders, Lionel Hahn, Yesha Callahan, Rich, That's what's, Yoonji Han Organizations: Black, Time Inc, Vogue, Sports, Essence Communications, Entertainment, New York Times, Meredith Corporation, Essence, Inc, Brands, Ventures, Upfronts, Babson College, The, Depot, PepsiCo, Accenture, Unilever, Magazine, Magazine's, Penske Media, Getty, Essence Ventures, Afropunk, Vice Media, Black Entertainment Television, Digital, Sports Illustrated, Media, Fortress Investment, NASDAQ, Trace Media, texturism, Readers, Employees, Staff, BET, Culture, Democracy, Inkwell Locations: America, Black, Liberia, Queens, shea, Moana Luu, Martinique, France, Paris, Philippines, Hollywood, Industry City, Brooklyn, Cannes

☆ Essence Magazine was meant to be a place for 'Black girl magic.' Internally, some employees say it was more like 'Black girl tragic.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Yoonji Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

"Essence is the most deceptive Black media company in America. Essence Magazine was first published in 1970 at a time when Black business and civil rights leaders called for greater self-determination and empowerment. The magazine was the brainchild of a group of four Black businessmen who identified a lack of publications for Black women in America. "And that is to serve Black women deeply, to serve women of color in a way that no one else has thought about." Essence CEO Michelle Ebanks, Richelieu Dennis, and Essence chief content & creative officer Moana Luu at the 2020 13th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood luncheon.

Persons: Richelieu Dennis, Dennis, Susan Taylor, Taylor, —, Jason Kempin, wasn't, Essence Communications Michelle Ebanks, Rich Dennis, Arturo Holmes, Margarita Corporan, Forbes, let's, Black, didn't, Sandra Okerulu, Michelle Ebanks, Luu, Moana, Rich Polk, Wears, Danielle Young, Julee Wilson, Candace Montgomery, Wilson, Montgomery, Martha, Martha Dennis, Rechelle, Sophia, Richelyna, Alan Lescht, bristled, Ebanks, Joy Collins Profet, Readers, Essence's, Collins Profet, Caroline Wanga, — it's, Wanga, unappreciated, Travis Montaque, cofounders, Lionel Hahn, Yesha Callahan, Rich, That's what's, Yoonji Han Organizations: Black, Essence Magazine, Time Inc, Vogue, Sports, Essence Communications, Entertainment, New York Times, Meredith Corporation, Brands, Ventures, Upfronts, Babson College, The, Depot, PepsiCo, Accenture, Unilever, Inc, Magazine, Magazine's, Penske Media, Getty, Essence Ventures, Afropunk, Vice Media, Black Entertainment Television, Digital, Sports Illustrated, Media, Fortress Investment, NASDAQ, Trace Media, texturism, Hamptons, Readers, Employees, Staff, BET, Culture, Democracy, Inkwell, Essence Locations: America, Black, Liberia, Queens, shea, Moana Luu, Martinique, France, Paris, Philippines, Hollywood, Industry City, Brooklyn, Cannes

☆ How 'Birkin Bandit' George Mickum Infiltrated NYC Society
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Kate Taylor | Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +52 min

"He would know people's weaknesses and what they wanted and somehow always have something to offer," a former close friend said. Another close friend said Mickum once gave her a $1,000 loan "within minutes" when she needed it because of a credit-card crisis. He never "let the truth get in the way of a good story," a former close friend said. Hermès bags, like the Birkin and the Kelly, have always been symbols of unattainable luxury. There wasn't even a dust bag; Mickum claimed his mom's assistant would drop it off later.

Persons: George Mickum strode, Carlyle, Patty Hearst, He'd, Mickum, Birkin, swilling, Patty's, Gillian Hearst, Mr, George Mickum, Gillian Hearst's, George, Sally Painter, who'd, Peter Davis, Jackie O, Barbara Walters, Alessia Fendi, influencer Hannah Stella, Nick Hissom, Steve Wynn, Hearst, they'd, Prince Charles, Anna Delvey, Patty Hearst's, Rumor, he'd, wasn't, Met Breuer, Peter Poopat, George Santos, Trinity, Elisabeth Thieriot, Thieriot, Hermes, —, Painter, Paul Mickum, George Mickum III, Sally, Painter's, Poopat, PJ Pascual, Patrick McMullan, Ramona Singer, Lauren Lawrence, Lawrence, Van Cleef, Nicole Salmasi, Trudy, Mike Vitelli, Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, Eric, R, Couri Hay, They're, Astor, William Randolph Hearst, Orson Welles, Kane, Gillian's, Bill Clinton, Patty, Bernard Shaw, Gillian, Lydia —, Shaw, Maxim, Lydia, Kane we're, Christian Simonds, Pierre, Krista Corl, Dee Dee, Scott Buccheit, Naeem Delbridge, Pascual, who's, We're, buttering, Simonds, Matthew Kehoe, England, — Hearst, Delbridge, Hearst's, Mario Glen Coco, Hearsts, Astrid Stawiarz, Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Justin Timberlake, Joe Lewis, Buccheit, Mary McCarthy, Lillian Hellman, Mickum's, Christie Grimm, Steve, Kameron Ramirez, Hissom, Ramirez, Nick, Hunt, Damien Hirst, Douglas Elliman, Harry Winston, David Fiszel, invitees, Fiszel, Darian, Winston, Martha Stewart's, Mendel minks, Vacheron Constantin, Tao, Melinda French Gates, Shawn Mendes, Bill, Hillary Clinton, Neiman Marcus, Damien Hirst's, Damien, weren't, Kelly, Alexis Clarbour, Clarbour, Paul Wharton, you've, Wharton, Sean Zanni, Michael Coste, Hannah Stella, Coste's, Stella, Scott Fitzgerald, Coste, Goodman, Courroies Birkin, didn't, Aman, Cartier, Mickum's bluster, skeptically, satchel, Clarbour's, He's, We've, Sider, Philippe, Buccheit texted Pascual, he's, Hay, Café Carlyle, Alexander Hankin, Burisma, Hunter Biden, Mickum hasn't, There's, They've, Amy X, Wang, King Charles, Tracey Amon, Amon, GEORGE MICKUM Organizations: Hearst, Blue, Potomac, Hamptons, East, Met, University of Delaware, Southampton Bathing Corporation, Fields School, Georgetown Law, DC, Town &, New York Daily News, The New York Times, Google, Carnegie, Rockefeller, Cosmopolitan, Symbionese Liberation Army, Hearst Corporation, Vogue, Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering, Stockbridge Golf, New, Tiger, Tottenham, Douglas, Martha Stewart's Hamptons, Mickum, Projects, Madison, Getty, Antibes, Nike, Rue du Faubourg Saint, Couture, US, UN, New Yorkers, Avenue Couture, Hermès, Republican, Justice Department, Blue Star, Town, New York Times Magazine Locations: Bemelmans, Clinton, York, Palm, New, London, Manhattan, Dalton, Bay, Windsor Castle, Haute, Washington , DC, New York, Baccarat, The, San Francisco, Wilton , Connecticut, Side, Wyntoon, California, Buccheit, woodsy Stockbridge , Massachusetts, Stockbridge, Bahamas, Albany, Nobu, Martha, Peking, Paris, Istanbul, St, Georgetown, China, Italy, Hermès, Amalfi Coast, du, Midtown, brunch, Rue, Central Park, Mickum, Turkey, La, Café, Ukrainian, Ukraine

☆ Trump's claim that he could end Ukraine's war in a day is a 'beautiful' thought but not true, Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Trump's claim he could end the war in a day. Zelenskyy told ABC that the idea is "beautiful" but not grounded in "real-life experience." He argued that Trump failed to achieve peace during his four years as president. Zelenskyy, asked about that assertion, was himself diplomatic, saying the "desire to bring the war to an end is beautiful." Zelenskyy, on Sunday, said that he doesn't have much interest in any peace deal that envisions him ceding land to an invader.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump's, Zelenskyy, Trump, Donald Trump, ABC's Martha Raddatz, Ron DeSantis —, Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Mark Esper, —, Biden Organizations: ABC, Service, Republicans, Biden, Florida Gov, Democratic Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Crimea

☆ Twitter was hit with a massive $90 million legal fee that Elon Musk is now trying to fight in court. A former Twitter director saw the bill and responded, 'O My Freaking God,' court documents show.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Twitter previously hired a law firm to force Elon Musk to complete the buyout of the company. The law firm, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, hit Twitter with a $90 million bill for its services. According to the suit, $84 million was wired to the law firm minutes before the deal closed. On Twitter, Musk accused Wachtell of specializing "in institutionalized corruption." Since he acquired the company, Musk has refused to pay expenses for some former employees, rent for the company's offices, and, previously, invoices for Google Cloud services.

Persons: Elon Musk, Wachtell, Lipton, Katz, Musk, Martha Lane Fox, Sean Edgett, Lane Fox Organizations: Twitter, Rosen, X Corp, Elon, San, Google Locations: San Francisco County

The complaint by Musk's X Corp, which owns Twitter, was filed on Wednesday in the California Superior Court in San Francisco. Musk accused Wachtell of exploiting Twitter by accepting, in the final days before the Oct. 27, 2022, buyout closed, huge "success" fees doled out by departing Twitter executives who were grateful that Musk would be forced to close. "Wachtell arranged to effectively line its pockets with funds from the company cash register while the keys were being handed over" to Musk, the complaint said. Musk wants to recoup "excess" fees that Wachtell charged under an agreement signed on the day of closing by one of its partners and Twitter's chief legal officer Vijaya Gadde. The case is X Corp v Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, California Superior Court, County of San Francisco, No.

Persons: Elon Musk, Wachtell, Lipton, Katz, Musk, Vijaya Gadde, Martha Lane Fox, Sean Edgett, Mark Zuckerberg's, Carl Icahn, Icahn, Jonathan Stempel, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Rosen, Twitter, Musk's X Corp, California Superior Court, Tesla Inc, SpaceX, Fox, CVR Energy, X Corp, Thomson Locations: California, San Francisco, Delaware, Katz , California, Court, County, New York

☆ Insight: Catholic clergy report surveillance, beatings amid Nicaragua's crackdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( David Alire Garcia | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's five-year campaign against the Catholic church has intensified since February, according to interviews with five priests inside and outside the country. This week's brief release of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez raised hopes for a turning point. The priests describe heavy surveillance of church services by police or civilian members of government-sponsored community councils, especially since Easter. His latest restrictions seem aimed at silencing priests, Erick Diaz, 33, a Nicaraguan priest in exile in Chicago, said. Nine church leaders inside and outside Nicaragua did not respond to interview requests for this story.

Persons: Daniel Ortega's, Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez, Mexican Bishop Ramon Castro, Pope Francis, Nicaragua's, Ortega, Rosario Murillo, Bishop Alvarez, Alvarez, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Brenes, Martha Patricia Molina, Molina, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Erick Diaz, David Alire Garcia, Philip Pullella, Ismael Lopez, Suzanne Goldenberg Organizations: MEXICO CITY, Sunday, Nicaraguan, Catholic, Vatican, Reuters, Organization of American, Thomson Locations: MEXICO, Nicaraguan, Managua, Nicaragua, Mexican, Eastern Europe, Matagalpa, Texas, Leon, Vatican, Chicago, Rome, San Jose

Tyler’s practice began after he started volunteering at Angola’s hospice program. In addition to gifting quilts to the families of late patients, volunteers would sell them at the prison’s rodeo for funding. “Doing my work made me realize that I have something to offer, that my greatest asset is myself,” Tyler says of revisiting quilting after his release. Also on display is a vitrine of those sourced photographs alongside memorabilia that was circulated in the fight for Tyler’s freedom. “We Are the Willing” will be on view from July 8 through Sept. 6, lscgallery.com.

Persons: Gary Tyler, Rosa Parks, Tyler’s, Tyler, “, ” Tyler, I’ve, ”, Gary, Allison Glenn Organizations: Library Street Locations: Angola, Louisiana, Detroit, Rosa

☆ California governor urges US to probe Florida's transport of migrants out of state
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Jasper Ward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday urged the Department of Justice to open criminal and civil investigations into Florida's transportation of migrants to Martha's Vineyard and Sacramento in recent months. "We urge the USDOJ to investigate potential violations of federal law by those involved in this scheme." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination, last year arranged to transport dozens of migrants to the Massachusetts vacation island of Martha's Vineyard. Florida also acknowledged a role in sending two flights of migrants to California last month, saying all of them traveled voluntarily. A referral for potential criminal prosecution for that flight is pending with the Bexas County District Attorney's Office and the California Department of Justice has opened criminal and civil investigations into the circumstances of the Sacramento flights.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Newsom, General Merrick Garland, Ron DeSantis, Jasper Ward, Richard Chang Organizations: Department of Justice, Vineyard, Republican, Democratic, Attorney's Office, California Department of Justice, U.S . Department of Justice, Thomson Locations: California, Sacramento, Florida, Massachusetts, Martha's, Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio, Bexas County

☆ One of the US's largest racial-justice organizations is slashing its budget and laying off staff after overspending on lavish perks
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Sean Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Color of Change recently announced significant cuts to its budget and staff. Color of Change dramatically increased its spending in 2020, and it continued burning through its cash even as revenue declined. Their post, published June 22, served as the first official communication to most staff members that budget and staff cuts were imminent. A week later, 49 staffers were laid off, according to staff and a list of eliminated positions reviewed by Insider. Medium/Color of Change board chairsIn a written statement, Color of Change also claimed Insider's reporting contained inaccuracies.

Persons: —, Jordan Neely, George Floyd, Airbnb, Rashad Robinson, Oprah, hasn't, we've, Andre Banks, Banks, Ben O'Keefe, O'Keefe, It's, Salaah Muhammad, Muhammad, Robinson, Heather McGhee's, Bryan Bedder, I've, Berlin Rosen, Ryan Senser, Rashad, Senser Organizations: Service, New York City, The Recording Academy, Forbes, Staff, Education, New York's Office, Labor, YouTube, Miami's Art, Fund, Fashion, NAACP, Fenton Communications, Berlin, Insider Locations: Hollywood, New York, Oakland , California, New York City, Washington, Miami's Art Basel, Minneapolis, Manhattan

☆ Hybrid working policies are making interns lonelier in the office
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hybrid working policies mean interns turn up to empty offices and feel more isolated. However, young professionals often want to be in the office to advance their careers and socialize. "[But] there were some days when I was the only member of my team in the office ... Because of this, some companies are implementing new guidance for younger employees to help them integrate into the workforce. This is severely degraded when those top performers (who are most capable of thriving WFH) are working from home.

Persons: —, Martha Storey, Mark Drury, Louise Fitzgerald, Lombard, Jake Wood Organizations: Service, Financial Times, Linklaters, HSBC, KPMG, BNP, Deloitte, New, Junior Locations: London

☆ Why the Kennedys keep going back to their Hyannis Port compound after generations of tragedy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Raquel Laneri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

In 1928, Joseph Kennedy bought a white-shingled cottage in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, for $25,000. The main home in the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. AP/Stew MilneHyannis Port became a homeBefore the Kennedys rolled into Hyannis Port, they had trouble establishing a summer home in coastal Massachusetts. Eunice Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, Edward Kennedy, John F. Kennedy and Jean Kennedy play footballl while on vacation at the Kennedy compound in June 1953 in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. (His father stayed in his Hyannis Port bedroom for five days listening to classical music when he heard the news.)

Persons: Joseph Kennedy, Kennedy, It's, —, Royce, Kate Storey, Joseph, John, Robert, John F, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Robert's, John Kennedy, Carolyn Bessette, Saoirse Kennedy, Storey —, Stone —, it's, Stew Milne, Rose, Honey Fitz, Fitzgerald, Boston, Storey, Gloria Swanson, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Eunice Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier, Edward Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, footballl, Hy Peskin, Eunice, John's, Ethel, Jacqueline, Rosemary Kennedy, Joseph Jr, Kathleen, Robert Jr, Bobby Shriver, Joseph P, Ted Kennedy's, John Jr, Caroline, Jackie, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Caroline Kennedy's, Edwin A, Pat, Ted, what's Organizations: Service, Hyannis Port, Kennedy Hyannis Museum, Stone, Stew Milne Hyannis Port, Catholic, Hollywood, Big, Senate, Democrat, Kennedys, Big House, Kennedy Library Foundation, Democratic, Getty, Camelot Locations: Hyannis Port , Massachusetts, Boston, Hyannis, Cod, Hyannis Port, Hyannis Port ,, Stew Milne Hyannis, Massachusetts, Palm Beach , Florida

☆ In Moving Images, Michael Snow Teases the Eye and the Mind
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Martha Schwendener | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Our attention spans have shrunk over the last half century. Consider Michael Snow’s “Wavelength” (1967), a rigorous 45-minute film made by the Canadian artist that stands as a monument of experimental cinema. Snow understood what he was up against: In 2003 he made a video called “WVLNT: WAVELENGTH for Those Who Don’t Have the Time: Originally 45 Minutes, Now 15!” It wasn’t merely a joke or a concession. Knowing that people were choosing to watch his film digitally sped-up, Snow used the occasion to create a brand-new work, superimposing 15-minute segments of the original onto one another like gauzy layers of celluloid film. What really fascinated him was the question of how we see, hear and perceive reality and how art, language and technology continue to shape this experience.

Persons: Michael, Snow, “ Michael Snow, Jack Organizations: Survey, The Locations: Canadian, “, Kinderhook, N.Y

Pan Gongsheng was appointed Saturday as the new Communist Party chief at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), in a surprise move as Beijing bolsters its drive to arrest the country’s economic slowdown and stem a slide in its currency. Pan currently serves as the deputy governor of the PBOC. “My initial reaction is this suggests Xi [Jinping] is more concerned about China’s economy than before the 20th Party Congress,” Thomas said. Since then, he has spent nearly two decades working at large state-owned banks, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC). After returning to China, he was promoted to deputy governor at the PBOC in 2012.

Persons: Yi Gang, Pan Gongsheng, Janet Yellen, Pan, Yi, didn’t, Guo Shuqing, Neil Thomas, wasn’t, ” Thomas, Xi, Mao, Thomas, China’s, Biden, ” Organizations: Beijing CNN, Cambridge University, Harvard University, Communist Party, People’s Bank of China, Securities Times, CNN, Ant, Asia Society, Center for, Communist Party’s, Committee, 20th Party Congress, Wall Street Journal, Treasury Department, Renmin University of China, Industrial, Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, ABC, Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Beijing, P Global, PMI Locations: Hong Kong, Beijing, China, Shanghai, Center for China, United States, West

☆ Opinion | How to Stave Off Constitutional Extinction
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Jill Lepore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

From the very start, Americans proposed amendments. The U.S. Constitution was itself an act of amendment, written in 1787 because the Articles of Confederation were technically amendable but, for all practical purposes, not. What would be the national disgrace if … a vile Negro should come to rule over us?” These possibilities were, to Brackenridge, absurd. The rejected Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork once explained how originalists think about the Constitution and the historical record. Mecom’s biblical plea for nonviolence, for beating swords into plowshares, can be read as the constitutional preference of a constituency — women — unrepresented at the convention.

Persons: Lemuel Haynes, “, George Mason, Hugh Henry Brackenridge, Brackenridge, Robert Bork, George Washington, Martha, ” Bork, George, Jane Franklin Mecom, Benjamin Franklin, ”, — unrepresented Organizations: Continental Army, Massachusetts, Constitution, United, New York State Locations: Independence, Massachusetts, U.S, Philadelphia, Virginia, United States, New

☆ ‘The Democracy Project’ Puts America Onstage, Warts and All
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Tourists who pause outside Federal Hall, a Wall Street memorial maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, will find its neoclassical facade covered in scaffolding. But until July 22, the man himself can be found inside, fussing over his dentures, his sleep and his coming inauguration. “Oh, hon,” his wife, Martha, says. The project began when Marie Salerno, the chief executive officer of Federal Hall, and Lynn Goldner, a producer, were strategizing how to raise the memorial’s profile ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026. Where Federal Hall stands (the original hall was demolished in 1812) was the site of Washington’s inauguration and the first Capitol building.

Persons: George Washington, “, Martha, ” George, Tom Nelis, Erin Anderson, Michael R, Jackson, George, Billy Lee, Nathan Hinton, Ona Judge, Alexander McGillivray, ”, Lisa D’Amour, Marie Salerno, Lynn Goldner, —, “ Hamilton Organizations: U.S . National Park Service, Democracy, Federal Hall Locations: Washington, New York

☆ Opinion | What Frederick Douglass Knew That Trump and DeSantis Don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Here, it is worth taking a brief tour of the history of birthright citizenship in the United States. Although the idea of birthright citizenship was present in English common law at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, the Constitution as ratified said nothing about acquiring citizenship by either birth or naturalization. To the extent that citizenship came with rights, the scope of those rights was a question of state laws and state constitutions. But there were always proponents of a broader, more expansive and rights-bearing birthright citizenship. “Our common country is the United States,” Delany wrote.

Persons: ”, Martin Delany, ” Delany, Martha S, Jones Organizations: Colored People, Rights, Antebellum, Convention Locations: United States, Union, Antebellum America, America, Rochester , New York

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