Americans will soon choose a set of senators who will take office in January 2027 and serve through early 2033. In the final months of that term, Social Security's retirement trust fund is expected to run dry and trigger benefits cuts of 22% — not just for the wealthy, not just for new ...
Many of today's consumer loans are legal but abusive. Payday lenders and used car sellers often steer customers into costly contracts they barely understand. Low-income borrowers with jobs, and therefore, dependable cash flow to siphon off, are favored targets. Sure, there's a sucker born ...
New York just became the first state in the country to sign a moratorium on data centers. There are two paths forward on this issue. One path builds the infrastructure that runs the next 50 years of the American economy. The other bans the future, then acts surprised when the jobs show up ...
In the Bible, the word "shibboleth" was used by the Gileadites to separate friend from foe. Those who pronounced it correctly were accepted as friends and allowed to cross the Jordan River. An Ephraimite who did not was identified as an enemy and put to death. Here's how the King James Bible ...
Is it possible that the Republican war on so-called diversity, equity and inclusion is having an effect on the movies? The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) is expressing alarm at the decline of LGBTQ characters at the movies — it's at 20.4% of 2025 films in their latest ...
There's poison in the air outside my house, a bitter smoke of ashes and hot freeway, and it is keeping us all inside. Yesterday morning, the kids' summer camp announced that the planned trip to the pool had been cancelled. They would do activities indoors all day. "How high can it get?" ...
