Social Responsibility

Weddings, anniversaries, holidays – the family reunion is a dramatic gift that keeps on giving both on screen and stage. Crystal Finn's new play, “Find Me Here,” at the Wild Project, falls into a subcategory of the funeral subgenre: the opening of a will. In this case, a patriarch's last wishes are discovered by his three daughters and their families. Truths and conflicts emerge cautiously, almost tentatively, because Finn is less interested in confrontation than in gentle nudges and nudges. Unfortunately, “Find Me Here,” the third and final installment of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks 2024, isn’t willing to commit to any…

Violence erupted in Kenya on Tuesday, as protesters clashed with police in the streets and stormed the nation's parliament after lawmakers passed a bill to raise taxes. Thick smoke billowed from the parliament complex. Protesters furious over the budget tax hike threw stones and blocked roads. Protests have paralyzed Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and images of protesters storming parliament and entering the complex have shocked the nation. According to several civic groups, more than 30 protesters were injured and at least five killed. Protests have spread across the country, in Nakuru, Mombasa, Eldoret and other urban areas. Kenya is deeply in…

Christopher Bell achieved weekend success by winning both the Xfinity and Cup races Saturday and Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It was the first time this season that a driver won multiple times in NASCAR National Series races on the same weekend. The move moved Bell from third to second in the standings, and this analysis seemed like a good time to take a look at whether these drivers in the standings have ever won a Cup race and another NASCAR National Series race in a weekend and how many times they won. . I did double duty this…

European Commission President and European People's Party (EPP) lead candidate for re-election, Ursula von der Leyen, greets delegates before giving a speech at the party congress of the German conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) at the Estrel Berlin Hotel in Berlin, 8 May 2024. John MacDougall | AFP | Getty Images The European Union's three main political groups have reached an agreement on who will fill the bloc's top positions, according to three officials who spoke to CNBC. That deal has caused some dissatisfaction among some lawmakers in Europe. The officials, who remained anonymous due to the sensitive nature of…

A recent survey by a Chinese business group in the United States shows that Chinese companies are still interested in doing business in the United States, even if things are difficult. Most of the companies surveyed (nearly 60%) want to continue investing the same amount of money in the United States, and some (30%) even want to invest more. The survey also found that many Chinese companies are concerned about the U.S.-China relationship and the overall health of the U.S. economy. More than 60 percent of respondents said the business environment in the U.S. is getting worse. There is also…