How states humiliate single parents who need government assistance ( www.vox.com )
To receive government assistance in the US is to submit yourself to a whole host of requirements, some reasonable, some harsh. Each state, and each program within it, has their own requirements, which might be a test of income, of assets, or even of behavior. Some are reasonable — a millionaire probably doesn’t need food...
The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits ( www.vox.com )
No matter how bad the Supreme Court gets, it can always get worse....
Capitalism is turning us into addicts | How Big Business shapes our habits and desires. ( www.vox.com )
Three reasons Biden is struggling with Black and Latino voters ( www.vox.com )
A recent spate of polling paints a bad picture of declining support for the president from voters of color. But just how worrisome is it?
The indictment of Hunter Biden isn’t really about gun charges ( www.vox.com )
Prosecutors are moving aggressively because the plea deal fell apart. But why did it fall apart?
There’s been a shift in how we think about climate change: A climate psychologist explains how we’ve moved beyond hope, anger, and complacency toward something more promising. ( www.vox.com )
My takeaways are that more news exposure is good (see the availability heuristic and mere-exposure effect) for putting climate change concern on the agenda, while information campaigns aren't very useful unless they're paired with avenues for action. Policy changes (incentives and disincentives, regulations, price changes,...
The "abolish the police" movement, explained by 7 scholars and activists ( www.vox.com )
The constitutional case that Donald Trump is already banned from being president ( www.vox.com )
DeSantis is still standing by Florida’s revisionist Black history ( www.vox.com )
America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die ( www.vox.com )
The state of Wisconsin does not choose its state legislature in free and fair elections, and it has not done so for a very long time. A new lawsuit, filed just one day after Democrats effectively gained a majority on the state Supreme Court, seeks to change that....