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Why Mercury Retrograde Feels So Chaotic Every Time It Happens

Many of us have heard of the phenomenon that is Mercury retrograde. While the astrological event has not been scientifically proven to affect us, many...

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Vice

Sammi Caramela

Frustrations erupt as Senate, House Republicans clash over housing

Senate Republicans are furious that a bipartisan bill they passed to address housing affordability has languished in the House for weeks and undergone...

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The Hill

Alexander Bolton

Vampire Planet: China’s (Green) Economic Imperialism

We often laud China for its boom in renewable energy projects, but seem to ignore the fact that it’s still building coal-fired power plants at a...

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CounterPunch

Joshua Frank

Jerome Powell ends term as Federal Reserve chief clouded by Trump tumult

Jerome Powell’s stint leading the Federal Reserve is finished, but his battle with President Trump is far from over. Powell’s second four-year...

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The Hill

Sylvan Lane

Roaming Charges: Go Down, Moses

The economic war on Cuba, which has been going on in one form or another for more than six decades, has increasingly become a war waged on Cuban...

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CounterPunch

Jeffrey St. Clair

3 Signs You Should Get Back With Your Ex (Yes, Really)

This might be a controversial statement—and a shocking one coming from me, considering I’ve never actually done this—but sometimes, it’s...

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Vice

Sammi Caramela

Burnt out? Try redefining success

These small mindset shifts can help reduce exhaustion and improve wellbeing.

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Fast Company

Tracy Brower

Barack Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump: Who is an outsider candidate?

Voters in recent election cycles have flirted with candidates who seemingly appeared out of nowhere. In 2008, Barack Obama was the fashionable outside...

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The Hill

Amie Parnes

Open Thread

The Volokh Conspiracy Mostly law professors | Sometimes contrarian | Often libertarian | Always independent About The...

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Reason.com

Eugene Volokh

The best pick-up trucks under $30,000, according to Consumer Reports

These trucks will get the job done and won't break the bank.

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Quartz

Ben Kesslen

A Massive Volcano Erupted, Then Something Strange Happened in the Sky

It would be pretty amazing if, say, an oil spill cleaned itself up or if a car somehow removed carbon dioxide from the air while driving down the...

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Vice

Luis Prada

Swatch Is Seeking a Royal Pop From Audemars Piguet Hype

Swatch Is Seeking a Royal Pop From Audemars Piguet Hype
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Bloomberg

Andrea Felsted

Grifty Colossus Strikes Again and Again and...

Grifty Colossus Strikes Again and Again and...

Daily news & progressive opinion—funded by the people, not the corporations—delivered straight to your inbox.

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Common Dreams

Abby Zimet

I worry about hantavirus, but I'd still take my kids on a cruise

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USA TODAY

Nicole Russell

Careful what you hope for on gerrymandering

Careful what you hope for on gerrymandering

Last week after my column about the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais, one of the comments to the online edition summed up one of...

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Arkansas Online

Arkansas Online Author

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a ... sandwich delivered by drone?

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USA TODAY

Rex Huppke

Brickbat: Not Fantastic

Bans Brickbat: Not Fantastic Charles Oliver | 5.15.2026 4:00 AM Share on Facebook Share...

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Reason.com

Charles Oliver

6 Condom Mistakes You’re Definitely Making During Sex

For something so simple, condoms actually come with a lot of room for error. Most people don’t even know they’re making any. Body Soul rounded...

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Vice

Ashley Fike

Chinese AI Optics Billionaire Eyes Dual Listing In Hong Kong After 340% Stock Rally

Chinese AI Optics Billionaire Eyes Dual Listing In Hong Kong After 340% Stock Rally

Soaring demand from AI data centers has benefited suppliers of optical connections across the globe. Among them is RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology,...

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Forbes

Zinnia Lee

Britain Is the Canary in the Coal Mine

Replacing globalism with national self-sufficiency is a life-or-death decision.

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American Thinker

J.b. Shurk

This Year’s Venice Biennale Breakout? The Culturemogger

This Year’s Venice Biennale Breakout? The Culturemogger
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Bloomberg

Howard Chua-Eoan

The varieties of show-business experience

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Washington Examiner

Rob Long

Keir Starmer Has One Last Gambit: Project Fear

Keir Starmer Has One Last Gambit: Project Fear
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Bloomberg

Martin Ivens

The rise of the progressive billionaire candidate

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

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Vox

Andrew Prokop

How Many Temporary Shocks Make a New Inflation Trend?

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Bloomberg

Editorial Board

Is the Era of Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss Finally Over?

Some of this country’s most prominent girl bosses sound like they don’t even know how to read the room.

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The New York Times

Tressie Mcmillan Cottom

Why are we still obsessing over what women are 'allowed' to wear?

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USA TODAY

Sara Pequeño

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Breaking the monopoly of the American Bar Association

ROBERT STEINBUCH: Breaking the monopoly of the American Bar Association

For more than a century, the American Bar Association has functioned as the de facto national gatekeeper of legal education. Its accreditation...

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Arkansas Online

Robert Steinbuch

Stop Looking for an ‘Offramp’ in Iran. There’s No Such Thing.

And no, an exit strategy won’t help you, either.

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The New York Times

Carlos Lozada

Making History in Dark Times: Refuse Numbness. Refuse Silence

We are living through an era in which truth is under siege, where the language of justice has been emptied of meaning, where cruelty is too often...

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CounterPunch

Henry Giroux

Nervous Republicans weigh their options amid White House’s ballroom lobbying blitz

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Politico

Jordain Carney

The US Must End Its Illegal Boat Strikes

The U.S. military has been carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific over the past nine months with impunity. On May 8, the...

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CounterPunch

Farrah Hassen

A double-win for American business

Federal courts questioning Trump-era tariffs, raising the possibility that U.S. importers could see a second round of refunds

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Quartz

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

The U.S. has 1,200 AI bills and no good test for any of them

Yale's Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques and NYU's Gary Marcus offer a method for separating necessary AI regulation from legislative noise.

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Fortune

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Nokia CEO: Companies are using AI. Now they have to change how work gets done

I rebuilt Pong over a weekend. That small experiment revealed something about the future of engineering teams, leadership, and network infrastructure.

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Fortune

Justin Hotard

How a year of gerrymandering has further slashed competitive House seats

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Politico

Jessica Piper

The Founders’ Fix: How Expanding Congress Could Save Minority Voting Rights

The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act begun by the Supreme Court in the case of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 was completed this last month by...

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CounterPunch

Timothy Messer-Kruse

We Cannot Let Tucker Carlson Become the Face of Global Anti-Zionism

As we still try to come to terms with Israel’s countless barbaric crimes in its genocide in Gaza, as well as its cruelty in the occupied West Bank,...

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CounterPunch

Hamza Shehryar

To build a healthier Arkansas, start with better data

To build a healthier Arkansas, start with better data

Arkansas' health challenges are not a matter of perception. They are visible in the numbers.

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Arkansas Online

Arkansas Online Author

Can We Still Laugh Together? Political Cartoons and Censorship

“Journalism is an essential pillar of democracy,” observed Irene Khan, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression on May 3,...

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CounterPunch

Daniel Warner

Woman Charged With Smuggling After Shoving Wine Bottle in Her ‘Body Cavity’

A bottle of Chardonnay was recovered from inside a woman’s body cavity at a Michigan jail. That’s where we’re starting. This is a real news...

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Vice

Ashley Fike

10 underrated U.S. destinations you should visit in 2026

America's most underrated destinations, from a West Virginia gorge rivaling the Smokies to a Montana lake in Glacier's shadow

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Quartz

Ambia staley

Do you ever think about the paths you didn’t take?

By becoming one version of ourselves, we inevitably give up others. Here’s how to think about that.

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Fast Company

Jessica Wilen

The Trump Tax Man Goeth

That the Trump lawsuit is frivolous is beside the point, just as it was when the former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn sued the U.S....

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CounterPunch

Matthew Stevenson

How Democrats treat minors like adults and adults like minors

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Washington Examiner

Zachary Faria

This founder was nearly homeless after 3 failed startup ideas. Then he built a $150 million business

His story is a master class in pulling off a pivot.

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Fast Company

Inc.

Here's where U.S. rent is falling most in 2026 — and by how much

Rental costs are falling in several major U.S. cities as supply outruns demand. Zillow's latest report tracked rents across the 50 largest metros

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Quartz

Anthony lopopolo

Your home insurance premium is really just your local storm risk. Here's how they rank across the country

Home insurance in the U.S. costs far more in some states than in others. Bankrate ranked average annual premiums for $300,000 in dwelling coverage

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Quartz

Anthony lopopolo

The Christian right hijacks America’s 250th

Trump's Rededicate 250 event erases the U.S.'s secular history

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Salon

Amanda Marcotte

California Democrats can’t take the heat

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Washington Examiner

Conn Carroll