In their new book "Peril," journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa explore President Joe Biden's determination to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan despite resistance from top advisers. Read More at CNN
Afghan Women Are Sharing Photos of Dresses to Protest the Taliban’s Black Hijab Mandate
Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban's new hijab requirement in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media. Read More at CNN
The Way Amazon Uses Tech to Squeeze Performance Out of Workers Deserves Its Own Name: Bezosism
In Amazon’s fulfillment centers, human productivity is measured by an overall pick or stow rate calculated for each worker. It’s a mix of surveillance, measurement, psychological tricks, targets, incentives, sloganeering, and an ever-growing array of clever and often proprietary technologies. Read More at The Wall Street Journal
Afghan Pilots Who Sought Safety in Uzbekistan Begin U.S. Transfer Under New Agreement
A group of Afghan Air Force pilots and their relatives who had fled the Taliban flew out of Uzbekistan this weekend after the U.S. and Uzbek governments reached an agreement on their transfer. Read More at The Wall Street Journal
Kern County Sues Newsom Over Oil and Gas Development Permits
Kern County claims in a federal lawsuit that Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials have been illegally delaying or blocking the issuance of permits for oil and gas development involving certain extraction methods, including fracking. Read More at Courthouse News Service
Putin Meets Assad, Takes Swipe at US and Turkish Forces in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad for the first time since 2018 and criticized foreign forces that are in Syria without permission or a U.N. mandate - taking a swipe at the United States and Turkey. Read More at Reuters
Afghan Female Orchestra’s Escape Halted 100 Yards From Freedom
Members of an internationally renowned orchestra of Afghan women and girls remain stuck in Afghanistan after an attempt to get them out through Kabul’s airport in the last days of the U.S. war failed. Read More at The Wall Street Journal
Nadia Nadim: ‘I’m Actually the Picture of Everything the Taliban Don’t Want Their Women to Be’
Across her prolific 16-year career, Nadia Nadim has earned success after success, having represented Denmark's women's soccer team since 2009. But Nadim's glittering accomplishments are borne from strife. When she was 11, her father was murdered by the Taliban, and so she was forced to evacuate her birth country of...
Fed Officials Prepare for November Reduction in Bond Buying
Federal Reserve officials have said that they could begin reducing, or tapering, their $120 billion in monthly purchases of Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities this year. Read More at The Wall Street Journal
House Democrats Consider 26.5% Corporate Tax Rate
According to two aides familiar with the plans, House Democrats expect to propose raising the corporate tax rate to 26.5% from 21% and imposing a 3-percentage-point surtax on individual income above $5 million. Read More at The Wall Street Journal