Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons of the foundation The Fearless Fund saw their grant program for Black women entrepreneurs affected after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action.
Arian Simone, left, and Ayana Parsons of the foundation The Fearless Fund saw their grant program for Black women entrepreneurs affected after the Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action.
As wildfires blazed on the Cap Ferret peninsula in south-west France in July, some people left by boat. The roads out run through dense pine plantation, the fire had reached them, and the gendarmerie put those without cars onto ferries.
Around 44,000 people fled Cap Ferret, a stretch of oyster villages and holiday homes an hour from Bordeaux. Bordeaux airport was shut. Across France, about 250,000 were moved. Meanwhile, Spain declared a national emergency over wildfires in Madrid and Ávila.
StreetOnCamara_Comeback/ShutterstockFashion has always sold aspiration. Long before artificial intelligence (AI), it relied on carefully constructed images of beauty through styling, lighting, makeup and, more recently, digital retouching.
When I left Ainura’s container-shop at the Dordoi Bazaar in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, I found the market eerily quiet. I had not noticed the passing of time, while she generously shared her life story with me.
Walking towards the mini-bus stop at the square in front of the bazaar, the echo of her words mixed with the end-of-day soundscape at Dordoi: the heavy slam of container-shops’ metal doors and the resonant clang of heavy padlocks clicking into place.
Federal agents execute a search in December 2025 tied to potential Medicaid fraud in Bloomington, Minn.
High property taxes in Detroit deter national retailers from opening stores in the city. Sylvia Jarrus for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesDetroit’s borders encompass 139 square miles, a footprint large enough to fit Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco combined.
High property taxes in Detroit deter national retailers from opening stores in the city. Sylvia Jarrus for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesDetroit’s borders encompass 139 square miles, a footprint large enough to fit Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco combined.
In this second part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we look at the finances of both the nation and individuals, before turning to housing and business.
The economy
Steve Schifferes, honorary research fellow, City St George’s University
For-profit organisations actually worsen many of the core problems with England’s social care systems. Monkey Business Images/ ShutterstockPrime minister Andy Burnham announced on Wednesday his commitment to improving England’s social care system.
