The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts recently honored comedian Conan O’Brien with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The center’s new chairman and self-appointed Commissar of ...

In 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, one of the few useful laws under the Articles of Confederation. This law, agreed to by free and slave states, among other provisions, banned ...

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow from Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny.” Open Thread below... John Amato adds: John Lithgow is terrifying in a new movie I watched over the weekend on Shudder called ...

Thomas Jefferson was alarmed during his day of the threat of judicial tyranny of this sort. He feared that it could turn the Constitution into “a thing of wax” that could be “twisted into any form” ...

The consequent tyranny of anarchy is forcing middle and smaller states to shuffle and shift in need of deft footwork and footprints. Those countries that are well-led, internally cohesive and geo ...

This content is contributed or sourced from third parties but has been subject to Finextra editorial review. Central banks worldwide are accelerating retail CBDC (central bank digital currency ...

South Korea is gradually exploring the Web3 ecosystem The BoK is said to have been working on its CBDC since 2020 The trial will test if CBDC can be a payment alternative ...

“Boston is not a city that tolerates tyranny,” Wu said. Notably, amid a Suffolk Superior Court trial that will determine the fate of the city’s public-private plan to rehab Franklin Park’s ...

PNG is already exploring CBDC with its Digital Kina, while Solomon Island also looking at Bokolo Cash as its CBDC. This article explores the benefits, risks and challenges of CBDCs, providing insights ...

The ECB, like central banks in other developed economies around the world, is exploring the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Addressing the competition posed by ...

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu delivered a fiery State of the City address on Wednesday night, taking aim at federal leadership and promising to build a unified city. She took a strong stance ...

The Bank of Korea will launch a pilot program to test its central bank digital currency (CBDC) in real-world transactions from April to June, the central bank said on March 18. The pilot, named ...