Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
08/27/2021
Mind The Age Gap – Why the War of the Generations is a myth
Does the year we were born really shape us people? Are Gen X Snowflakes really battling Baby Boomers in an intergenerational war?
08/27/2021
The Foreign Policy Conversation Washington Doesn’t Want to Have
What America needs to learn from its Afghanistan debacle.
08/30/2021
Climate Change to Be Treated as Public-Health Issue
New federal office is likely to face pushback over actions that target health industry.
08/26/2021
The Not-Boring Truth About Boredom
The most dangerous thing about smartphones, according to critics, is that we’re never bored. Boredom is healthy, they say! But history and science may say otherwise.
08/30/2021
Inside Pfizer’s labs, ‘variant hunters’ race to stay ahead of the pandemic’s next twist
Delta was tearing its way through India and, as the death toll climbed higher, so did the anxiety inside Pfizer’s lab north of New York City.
08/18/2021
Child care benefits at work: This app helps your employer pay your family and friends for babysitting
In rural northwest Arkansas, one of the country’s child care deserts, it likely would have taken Morgan Edington many months before she found a reliable sitter to care for her 1-year-old son on the unlucky nights when both she and her husband were called into work at the Clorox factory a town away.
08/30/2021
How to navigate covid news without spiraling
As the pandemic changes so quickly, there’s a better way to think about getting and sharing the information you need.
08/31/2021
How oysters can stop a flood
Why the world needs more oyster reefs.
08/30/2021
Afghanistan: 3 Unlearned Lessons
Why does America keep making the same mistakes over and over?
08/31/2021
Axios-Ipsos poll: Vaccine hesitancy may be crumbling
Fewer adults than ever now say they won't take the shot, and in the past two weeks there has been a sharp increase in the share of parents who plan to get their younger kids vaccinated as soon as it's allowed.
08/25/2021
‘Massive opportunities’ for ASEAN if manufacturers look beyond China
Kishore Mahbubani of Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore thinks a "China +1" strategy will help stabilize supply chains and reduce manufacturers' reliance on China.
08/20/2021