Big Tech’s influence in Ukraine is overhyped

YouTube blocks RT and Sputnik as Russia tells media not to say “invasion”

Enlarge / The main newsroom of Sputnik news in Moscow on April 27, 2018. (credit: Getty Images | Mladen Antonov) Google said today that YouTube is blocking RT (formerly Russia Today) and Sputnik throughout Europe. “Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, we’re blocking YouTube channels connected to RT and Sputnik across Europe, effective immediately,” […]

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearing was a political spectacle

The Senate Judiciary Committee votes on advancing Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination April 4. Read More

By one measure, this recovery is 10 times faster than the one after the Great Recession—but there’s a catch

The early months of the coronavirus pandemic saw the U.S. economy plunge at its fastest rate in history. Over a two-month period, the jobless rate shot up from 3.5% in February 2020 to 14.7% in April—its highest level since 1940—while second quarter GDP declined 32.9% on an annualized basis. During this period the Congressional Budget […]