warehouse-diaries:-the-automated-ghost-of-christmas-peak

It was October, at the beginning of Amazon’s “peak season”— the long run-up to the holidays when package volume begins to swell. It was my second night working as a “jam breaker” in a facility known as PIT9, an automated sortation center located in the woods near Pittsburgh International Airport.Continue Reading

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “I don’t see a future for myself in this country. If I leave Haiti, it’s to save my life and plan for the future. Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave,” says Maximilien Duclair, one of many young people struggling to find an income in Haiti’s capital, where gang violenceContinue Reading

can-diplomacy-end-the-conflict-between-thailand-and-cambodia?

The neighbouring countries hold their first direct meeting in regional push for peace., The neighbouring countries hold their first direct meeting in regional push for peace. Fighting has escalated between Cambodia and Thailand, forcing hundreds of thousands of civilians to flee their homes on both sides of the neighbouring countries’Continue Reading

ups-stumbles-into-holiday-season-amid-shifting-trade-rules

After the end of the de minimis rule rewired US import requirements, UPS is struggling to clear shipments., New York City, United States – Since the recent termination of the nearly decade-old trade rule called “de minimis,” United States consumers and businesses have been exposed to slower shipping, destroyed packagesContinue Reading

dhs-triples-self-deportation-‘exit-bonus’-stipend-to-$3,000

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is tripling its cash offer for undocumented migrants to voluntarily leave the country. Under a new holiday campaign, the administration is raising the “exit bonus” from $1,000 to $3,000 for those who sign up to self-deport by the end of the year.  The packageContinue Reading

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OPINION — The Pentagon’s push to overhaul its slow, specification-driven procurement system is an overdue acknowledgment that our defense industrial base has become too narrow, too fragile, and too dependent on foreign supply chains. America’s defense establishment is finally waking up to a critical weakness that has metastasized in recentContinue Reading

2025:-10-events-that-changed-the-world

SPECIAL REPORT — In a turbulent year, one of the biggest national security stories came in the form of a document. The administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS), released earlier this month, upends longstanding U.S. policy toward allies and adversaries alike. It ranks drug trafficking and illegal immigration as top threatsContinue Reading