Society

Millennials and Gen Z'ers are (deliberately?) disengaging from their jobs. It’s called “Quiet Quitting.” A 30-year-old teacher who Quiet Quit said “You

“Five thousand quatloos that the newcomers will have to be destroyed.” Quatloos. Credits. Euros. Dollars. Dogecoin. Wait, Dogecoin? At some point in your life, you’ve probably asked yourself, “What…

Republicans across the country are trying to use the power of the state to restrict speech.

Region’s long awaited energy and economic transition will be substantially boosted by US’s first climate legislation, the Inflation Reduction Act

It’s the mutant offspring of an intranet and a metaverse and even if it flops, you'll get some kudos

Florida has a secret surveillance program collecting private information at toll booths, and it doesn't want you to know about it.

More than a century after the British invented them, tanks are still an essential factor in the Russo-Ukrainian war. ...

Even plans that are supposed to save patients money can end up costing them dearly.

The best money is social, not personal.

Scientists have discovered a mutation that increases the production of brain cells and seems to have set our ancestors apart from other hominins.

“A relationship is a physiologic process, as real and as potent as any pill or surgical procedure.”

What is capitalism? What is a corporation? What is the relationship between one’s desires for consumption, capitalist notions of the individual self, and the power of corporations? The following do…

Harry Stevens, for The Washington Post, how simulations can be used to detect severely gerrymandered congressional districts. In the interactive, you play the role of concerned citizen with the tas…

This seems to be cultural, not based on income, caste, race or genetics. Some professions and communities give a greater percentage of their income to charity than others. Some towns have no-kill d…

People don’t talk about end-of-life suffering or the cost of healthcare in the last year of life, so it never gets better. Instead, we pretend it isn’t an issue and the problem persists…

Of course, we’ve always had snake oil salesmen. We’ve always had patent medicines, odd electric probes and copper bracelets. That’s partly because placebos work, and partly becaus…

A much-heralded land art megasculpture, 50 years in the making, was built on stolen Indigenous land in Nevada.

Former President Obama is jumping back into politics to try to help his party in the midterms

In downtown Windhoek, Namibia — at the intersection of Fidel Castro Street and Robert Mugabe Avenue — there’s an imposing gold building with an affectionate nickname: the Coffee Maker. This notable structure was built to commemorate Namibia’s fight for independence from apartheid South Africa, which it achieved in 1990. And for many of the visitors,