The Day Title 42 Ended
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‘Death Outlives War’: Analysis Estimates Post-9/11 US Conflicts Killed Over 4.5 Million | naked capitalism
Yves here. One of the no doubt intended effects of parochial and jingoistic US news coverage (along with the deployment of fluff like lifestyle features) is that many Americans really…
Does Therapy Really Work? Let’s Unpack That.
Over the decades, and especially since the pandemic, the stigma of therapy has faded. It has come to be perceived as a form of important self-care, almost like a gym…
Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’
If you lived through the early 2000s, the phrase “flash mob” might arouse a vague feeling of dread. The seemingly spontaneous gatherings, often involving some kind of performance, began as…
Microsoft Says New A.I. Shows Signs of Human Reasoning
When computer scientists at Microsoft started to experiment with a new artificial intelligence system last year, they asked it to solve a puzzle that should have required an intuitive understanding…
How a Few Stories of Regret Fuel the Push to Restrict Gender Transition Care
When Missouri lawmakers took up bills to ban transition care for minors, Chloe Cole, an activist from California, traveled to Jefferson City to offer her story as Exhibit A. After…
Kentucky and Philadelphia Hold Crucial Elections: What to Watch
Though 2023 is an off year for American politics, largely dominated by the emerging Republican presidential primary race and a series of scandals and controversies, there are still critical elections…
Opinion | Justice Delayed
In other words, it takes absolute certainty to go to work every day and send people to prison for up to a lifetime. And certainty is tricky to surrender. Allowing…
Why Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Receive Organ Transplants
At a dialysis center in Brooklyn, Nardel Joseph used to try making friends with the other patients, until they began dying one by one. As her kidneys failed from an…
Opinion | The Republican Embrace of Vigilantism Is No Accident
Although it is possible the jury made a mistake when it handed down a guilty verdict, neither Carlson nor Rittenhouse nor Abbott tried to argue the case on the merits.…