America’s labor force is quietly shrinking — and it has nothing to do with retirement. As President Trump ramps up deportations and curbs legal immigration, economists warn the U.S. may soon face a labor crunch that hits small businesses,…
The Senate just voted to slash federal funding for NPR and PBS, and for the first time in nearly 60 years, public broadcasting may soon be on its own. The cuts are part of a $9 billion rescission package…
If you’ve ever waited in line at the DMV and felt frustrated, imagine waiting years — sometimes decades— for a decision that determines whether you can stay in the only country you’ve ever known. Now imagine that line just got…
Politics used to be something you could tune out. Not anymore. A new pair of studies shows that for many Americans—especially young people—the emotional cost of our political climate is hitting harder than ever. As President Trump’s second term…
Roughly one in four American adults have a side hustle. Here’s why that number might change soon Italy and Greece sound the alarm over Libya. But allies aren’t rushing to help. “Stretched to the breaking point”: SNAP cuts spook…
America’s relationship with immigration has always been complicated—but for the first time in years, the tone is shifting. After a period marked by border anxiety and political brinkmanship, a new Gallup poll finds the public mood softening: support for…
We talk about the president like they run the world — but do they really run our world? According to a new Pew Research survey, most Americans say yes…and no. While a sweeping majority agree the president has major influence over…
Imagine being handcuffed and thrown into detention for looking like someone else—someone who, to the arresting agents, didn’t quite “look” American. That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the lived reality for a growing number of U.S. citizens—many of them Latino—who…
There was a time extreme weather was described as a 100-year-event. Not anymore. Now, it feels like a warning siren on repeat. From flash floods sweeping through central Texas to record-breaking heat scorching Europe, the planet is making noise—and…
It may have skipped the catchy jingle and cartoon animation, but President Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill didn’t need a Schoolhouse Rock moment to become law—it bulldozed its way through Congress just in time for a July 4th signing. Now, like…
Happy Fourth of July! While many forget the significance of our national holidays, everyone understands that this is the day we celebrate FREEDOM! Unfortunately, too many people forget from whom was the original fight for freedom—but the antics of this administration…
Democracy is under attack. It’s a phrase used so frequently by politicians as a rallying cry that it sounds cliché to even evoke it. Yet, a new global analysis of elections makes it clear — the erosion of democracy…
A few states are getting hotter this month — and not just because of the brutal heat wave scorching much of the country. Instead, it’s a different kind of heat, coming from a new wave of state laws taking…
Walking the streets of major US cities, we would naturally assume the long-held hype of the US being the most diverse country in the world. If we take that same walk down the Main Streets of many Small Towns…
It’s often said that when governments quietly build giant data systems, history rarely looks back on it fondly. But that hasn’t stopped this administration. In a move that has privacy experts setting their hair on fire, the Trump administration…
The findings of the latest Pew analysis of the 2024 presidential election are hard to accept if you’re not a fan of the outcome—or a validation if your candidate won. Either way, this bipartisan analysis provides much more than…
It used to be we would smugly look at the low birth rates in China and know that the clock was ticking for their quest of world dominance. After all, a nation needs high birth rates to fuel its…
News that this administration authorized the bombing of three targets in Iran, in an effort to deter the regime’s goal of creating a nuclear weapon, fell like the proverbial bombshell on the ears of everyone who learned of this…
Turns out, you can’t legislate away reality. Despite bans, restrictions, and the relentless efforts of anti-abortion politicians and activists since the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion in the U.S. hasn’t vanished. In fact, it’s increased. A new report…
As if inflation, an administration hellbent on ignoring the US Constitution and weaponizing the Dept. of Justice, along with, dismantling every major institution on the side of citizens, asylum seekers, immigrants, women, students, veterans, etc. weren’t enough, we now…
MAGA and most of its leaders have shown they don’t think things through very thoroughly. Take for example undocumented immigrants. MAGA’s rabid racism, bias and discrimination towards nonwhite immigrants is being fulfilled by this administration’s subjective enforcement of immigration…
Polls are a measure of a collective’s feelings for a particular subject. If that subject happens to be a person, polls measure the popularity of that person among the masses. Who doesn’t want to be popular? Recent polls for…
Global witnesses to the January 6 (2021) riots at the US Capitol, when an estimated 2,500 Trump supporters overtook Capitol guards and vandalized the chambers and offices of Congress, were horrified. Yet, in the aftermath of this historic assault,…
Since the heydays of COVID, when remote work became the norm for millions whose jobs didn’t require being physically present, many companies have reversed course—summoning employees back to offices, either full-time or in hybrid form. On the surface, remote…
Vindictive. It’s a word increasingly synonymous with today’s politics, courtesy of the party in power. According to Cambridge Dictionary, it means “having or showing a wish to harm someone because you think that they harmed you; unwilling to forgive.” Unfortunately, it’s…
