Why owning a house is overrated
Jerusalem Demsas, editor-in-chief of The Argument, has a hot take when it comes to our housing woes: “Homeownership is overrated.”That’s ...
Tag: Policy
The GOP’s fight over Nazis is about who controls the party’s future
Over the past few weeks, the American right has been fiercely debating a drama that begins with Tucker Carlson hosting ...
Your washing machine is actually a time machine
If Good News had a patron saint, it would be the Swedish professor of global health Hans Rosling.Rosling, who died ...
Pandemics are a choice
For the first time in history, we have an opportunity to stop the next pandemic.From the earliest thinking of the ...
The hidden, horrifying world behind all those recruitment scam texts
If you own a cellphone, there’s a good chance you’ve gotten The Text: a random recruiter, sending a friendly message ...
What the government shutdown means for air travel
Due to the longest shutdown of the federal government in American history, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that ...
Voters signed up to deport criminals, not grandmas
When President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, many American voters wanted immigration reduced, and Trump quickly complied. He boosted ...
We can fix the goofy way we pay for vision care in the US
The eyes aren’t just a window into the soul — they can also tell doctors a lot about what’s happening ...
Trump just decided ICE has been too nice
To many progressives, ICE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement — is synonymous with President Donald Trump’s brutal and cruel immigration ...
The “welfare queen” stereotype is back — and it’s going viral
On Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — also known as food stamps — will run out for more ...
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