The House Agriculture Committee just passed a $300 billion proposal that answers one question with brutal clarity: Who pays for dinner in America? The answer is not the […]
Finance / Policy
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Coinbase Just Crashed the Club
On May 19, Coinbase joins the S&P 500, the index that defines American capitalism. This is the first time a crypto-native company has been absorbed into the economic bloodstream […]
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Still Using Google? So Are 90% of Us. That’s Kind of the Problem.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a major antitrust lawsuit against Google in October 2020. That legal challenge could reshape how small businesses operate in the digital economy. […]
Climate / Education / Finance / Policy
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Why Our Cities Are Quietly Breaking Down
There is a quiet, slow erosion happening across American cities. It is not an earthquake or a sudden crash. It is more like rot in the beams of […]
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This Time, the People Won
Last night, something remarkable happened in Wisconsin. In a special election many thought would fly under the radar, the people delivered a sharp, resounding answer to a question […]
Finance / Media / Sports
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At the Crossroads of Fandom & Investing, the currency is made of cardboard
There was a time when a baseball card was a keepsake of childhood, folded into a bike spoke, tucked into a shoebox, traded across lunch tables. Today, that […]
Ethics / Finance / Homelessness / Policy / Technology
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Who Gets the Keys? How AI is Deciding Who Can Buy a Home
Redlining shaped America’s housing and financial systems for decades. Banks and developers systematically excluded Black and immigrant communities from wealth-building opportunities through discriminatory loan practices. That history left […]
Ethics / Finance / Policy / Rights and Equality / Technology
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The Real Estate Merger That Turns Homebuyers into a Product
Rocket Companies’ $1.75 billion acquisition of Redfin isn’t just about selling more mortgages or real estate listings – it’s about owning the data behind every home search and […]
Education / Finance / Healthcare / Policy
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How the GSA and NIH Cuts Reveal a Dangerous Agenda
For all the talk of making government more efficient, the latest wave of federal staff cuts is less about efficiency and more about something far more insidious: the […]
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The Five Forces That Will Shape the Global Economy in 2025
The global economy is never a stable, well-oiled machine. It’s more like a collection of moving parts—some grinding together, others outright colliding. As we move into 2025, several […]