Alien’s Labor Economics and Lessons for Inequality
This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here . OK, hear me out. I'm about to get into a new book with a provocative argument about why income inequality has exploded in America and how to fight it. But at the center of this very serious economic book is
Two local TV giants merged. Then a court stepped in
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, right, shown in a photo with Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Omeed Assefi. Carr posted the photo just three days after both government agencies green-lit local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna. The move, supported by President Trump, faces headwinds in an
In the brain, objects seen and imagined follow the same neural path
The eye and the mind's eye: New evidence finds that sight and imagination rely on the same neurons and use the same neural code. Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images It's often called the mind's eye. "I can look at an object in the world around me, but I can also
Why Congress is fighting over a central tool of American surveillance
A computer workstation bears the National Security Agency logo inside the Threat Operations Center in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Md. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A key tool of the U.S. spy community will expire this month without action from Congress. The
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Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales are stepping down amid misconduct allegations, the U.S. and Iran are both blocking oil exports, Trump deletes controversial post amid row with pope.
Maradona’s childhood home becomes soup kitchen for those in need
The late Argentinian football legend’s childhood home has been converted into a soup kitchen serving those affected by President Javier Milei’s austerity measures. At 523 Amazor street in Fiorito, a Buenos Aires suburb where the “Golden Boy” experienced extreme poverty growing up, locals can now receive meals and clothing assistance. This neighbourhood of about 50,000
Title: What a chimpanzee civil war teaches about societal collapse
The Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda's Kibale National Park is the largest known community of wild chimpanzees in the world. Over the last decade, it has split into two distinct groups that are hostile to each other. Aaron Sandel hide caption toggle caption Aaron Sandel In the mid-1970s, more than a decade into her research
How a $75 billion windfall from Congress has insulated ICE
Observers film Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as they hold a perimeter after one of their vehicles got a flat tire on Penn Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 5. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Two months ago, Democrats in Congress said they would not give immigration enforcement agencies another cent
Quarter of Private Colleges at Risk of Closing
Izzy Johnson, left, and Jack Beatson are first-year students at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt. The college has announced that it will close at the end of this semester. Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report hide caption toggle caption Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report CRAFTSBURY COMMON, Vt. — More than a dozen newborn
2025 was one of most volatile years ever for U.S. naturalizations
New U.S. citizens take part in a naturalization ceremony at Faneuil Hall in Boston on Jan. 8. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Stay up to date with our Politics newsletter, sent weekly . Johanan Rivera considered becoming a U.S. citizen for years, but it was never