A California appeals court reversed most of a ruling invalidating Proposition 22, the state’s 2020 voter-approved gig economy law allowing giant ride-hailing and delivery companies to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than employees. […]
All banking crises throughout history have shared a common element: Short-term depositors try to withdraw their money from institutions locked into long-term assets. When all the depositors try to get out at the same time, […]
Since her 2015 debut Bird Under Water, Pakistani American singer Arooj Aftab has honed the delicate cadence of her voice in increasingly minimal settings. On that album, she embellished yearning Urdu poetry with traditional instrumentation […]
What is folk music? Is it music specific to a region and embodying particular cultural traditions, or could there be a more open-ended definition? Perhaps it’s a product of the imagination that can be rooted […]
With less than two months to “Spare” (sorry), King Charles has officially invited Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to his May 6 coronation, The Sunday Times revealed over the weekend. “I can confirm The Duke […]
The Rundown is a weekly column that highlights some of the biggest, weirdest, and most notable events of the week in entertainment. The number of items could vary, as could the subject matter. It will […]
Sometimes Rabbi Joshua Franklin knows exactly what he wants to talk about in his weekly Shabbat sermons — other times, not so much. It was on one of those not-so-much days on a cold afternoon […]
Salesforce, the cloud-based software company co-founded and led by chief executive Marc Benioff, is in something of a mixed news cycle at the moment. On the one hand, the company just recently laid off around […]
Wayne Shorter, photographed in 1985. David Redfern/Redferns hide caption toggle caption David Redfern/Redferns Wayne Shorter, photographed in 1985. David Redfern/Redferns Wayne Shorter, the 12-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and composer and the creator of one of the […]
Calum Patterson ❘ Published: 2023-03-02T17:14:00 ❘ Updated: 2023-03-02T17:15:20 Twitch streamer JustAMinx has been handed a seven-day suspension from the Amazon-owned platform, following a stream where she was “incapacitated.” With just under […]
Photo Credit: YOUTUBE/COLUMBIA RECORDS On the 13th of January 2023, on the same day as her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth’s 33rd birthday, she decided to release ‘Flowers’ packed with consequential lyrics and a uniquely done revenge […]
Here’s a sobering thought for anyone old enough to recall the early 00s first-hand: Cracker Island arrives 22 years on from Gorillaz’s debut single, Clint Eastwood. Founded by Damon Albarn, an alt-rock star apparently dabbling […]
A free festival from Stormzy’s #Merky Books imprint, headlined by musician Wretch 32, poet John Agard and former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman, will aim to demystify publishing for aspiring storytellers across all media. The event, […]
Justin Bieber‘s “Justice” world tour has come to an abrupt end. After several postponements, the singer and his team have seemingly called off the remaining shows of the tour’s European leg and more, including the […]
After weeks of record-breaking rainfall have seen freeways flood, hillsides collapse and the dry concrete gutter of the Los Angeles River transform into a raging torrent, you may have assumed that California’s water-shortage woes were […]
The cover letter is its own unique, dreaded genre of writing. In a few — often formulaic — paragraphs, job applicants must accomplish several things: prostrate themselves at the feet of hiring managers, extolling the […]
“Breaking” America has been the goal of young British musicians since the days of Beatlemania, but that dream is being dashed. Hundreds of emerging artists could be affected by plans to hike visa fees by […]
Laventille, high in the hills above Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, may be a poor part of Trinidad but it has historic cultural riches. Chief among them is Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, […]
In one of February’s music industry hires and promotions, ADA Worldwide named Cathy Bauer (pictured) head of physical sales and marketing. Photo Credit: Warner Music Group Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and […]
In the past few years, a wave of documentary films have revisited the lives of famous (or infamous) women of the 90s, examining how their careers exploded under the weight of misogyny and undue media […]