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As National Small Business Week approaches, hiring is slowing in parts of the economy at the exact moment growth should be accelerating. Incentives are in place. Demand is holding in key sectors. But growth is not breaking through at the pace the economy requires. The issue is not a lack of opportunity. It is the inability to act on it at speed. An end to the war would ease pressure on costs, but the trajectory of growth will be determined by something more fundamental: whether businesses can cut through regulatory complexity, access capital, and move at the speed the economy…

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In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The social safety net is frayed and full of red tape. But we learned during the pandemic that it doesn’t have to be. James Lee OtherWords Take it from a veteran who’s been homeless: Just because you see me in the streets doesn’t mean I’m not working. After their service, many veterans struggle with low-wage work, mental health issues, and…

Ranked: The World’s Largest Exporters in 2025 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways China remains the world’s top exporter at $3.8T—nearly double U.S. exports. Europe accounts for over $7.7T in combined exports, led by Germany and the Netherlands. Smaller economies like the UAE and Netherlands rank among the global top 10. Global trade is dominated by a handful of export powerhouses—but the scale gap between them is striking. China exported nearly $3.8 trillion in goods in 2025, maintaining…

Netflix’s Bridgerton is a Regency-era drama known for its lavish balls and magnificently over-the-top dresses. In the show’s fourth season, released on Netflix in January and February, the show circles timely themes of journalistic freedom and personal autonomy amid all the pomp and pretension. Set in an alternate-history version of early 19th century London, Bridgerton follows young men and women navigating the “marriage mart” under the watchful eyes of several judgmental aristocratic families, Queen Charlotte, and an ever-present gossip column written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown. The identity of the author of those pseudonymous missives was outed in Season 3 as Penelope Featherington. Operating…

In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed.By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Privacy groups are pushing Big Tech to notify users about federal surveillance after anonymous ICE critics were exposed. Lawmakers and privacy advocates are demanding answers from the Trump administration about its weaponization…

Still from Francois Ozon’s film of Camus’ “The Stranger.” (Music Box Films) One of the few guarantees in life is loss. The unmerciful realities of temporal existence and entropy make the pain of separation a sole constancy. Over the course of an average life, a person will lose not only one person of emotional importance, but many. A few will take their last breath after an extended and humiliating period of decline, giving the bereaved an opportunity to prepare, which despite what logic would have us assume, doesn’t always make the blow any easier to absorb, while others will exit…

With its iconic blocky visual style, intuitive crafting system, rewarding resource acquisition, and many multiplayer game modes to explore, Minecraft revolutionized the sandbox survival genre. Fifteen years later, it’s still going strong. The game was created by the Swedish programmer Markus “Notch” Persson over a single weekend in May 2009. A month later, Notch founded the Stockholm-based Mojang Studios to develop Minecraft 1.0.0, the official version released for Mac and PC in November 2011. Microsoft announced its acquisition of Minecraft and Mojang Studios in September 2014, after the game had sold 54 million copies and boasted 100 million registered users. Contrary to the concerns of big-is-bad types, Minecraft’s charm has only grown since its Big Tech…

In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we’re doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. The data centers popping up across the South and Midwest don’t just pollute and raise utility bills — they keep Americans hooked on wars for oil. Melissa Garriga OtherWords Across the country, resistance to data centers is rising even as plans are steadily being made to build new ones. According to the Pew Research Center, a majority of new data centers…

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