Why Trump is manufacturing a new crisis in Cuba
With the United States’ attention fixed on Iran, Venezuela and other crises, the Trump administration’s increasing pressure campaign against Cuba...
What the Meat Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
We raised pigs for a time on our family farm in Oregon when I was a teenager, and they had...
The new fight over raw milk, explained
Almost a century ago, public health agencies began mandating that milk be pasteurized for human consumption. We’ve been fighting about...
The Best News in America
I lived in Baltimore for a brief time just before the Great Recession, when the city seemed like a great...
My husband and I have lived in a van and traveled around the world for 7 years. We work on the road and have no plans to retire.
The author and her husband live in a camper van. Courtesy of Chris and Sara AhoMy husband and I decided...
America’s First A.I. High School Is Great. But Not Because of A.I.
It was 9 a.m. on a Thursday at Harmony Elementary School in Buford, Ga., about 45 minutes outside Atlanta. A...
As poisonings soar to record, health officials urge Californians not to pick or eat wild mushrooms
A surge of poisonings linked to accidental picking and consumption of wild mushrooms now includes 50 identified cases, a figure...
Struggling Carls Jr. franchisee plans to close 10 and sell 49 California locations
A Carl’s Jr. franchisee is trying to close and sell his 59 locations in California after filing for bankruptcy protection...
Sorry, Republicans, Trump Doesn’t Love You Back
This week, the YOLO Republican caucus takes center stage — YOLO, of course, standing for “you only live once.” On...
Replace or Reshape: How AI Could Change the Way We Work
In 1930, in the depths of the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes wrote a short essay called Economic Possibilities for...
