Another Buffalo Starbucks Outlet Votes to Unionize
A second Starbucks store voted Monday to unionize near Buffalo, New York, with staff concerns about coronavirus procedures cited as driving the move.
Clara Steitz
Poll: Economy Still Top Priority, While Inflation Worries Rise and Covid Fears Fade
The U.S.economy is the top priority for Americans, with inflation worries rising and pandemic-related fears waning, a poll released Monday showed.
Poll: Joe Biden's Declining Economy Outpaces Raging Pandemic as Top National Concern for 2022
President Joe Biden’s faltering economy outpaced the ever-raging Chinese coronavirus as the nation’s top concern in 2022, a Monday Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll revealed. While Biden’s economy has reached 40-year high inflation, only 37 percent of Americans say the virus is their top
Right Kind of Stress Can Make You Resilient to COVID-19
This article was previously published August 16, 2020, and has been updated with new information.
NFT Investors Are Losing Millions to Scammers
Theft of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) appears to be on the rise, with many collectors losing millions of dollars as a result.
A Veggie That's a Fruit, With More Vitamin C Than an Orange
This article was previously published August 8, 2020, and has been updated with new information.
A Starry New Year: January Horoscopes 2022
January is a month of new beginnings and renewal.
No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China
“I refuse to accept the idea that the state’s authority can’t be opposed, challenged, or interrogated.
Children Are Dying From COVID Lockdowns and Overdoses
As noted by CBS reporter Jan Crawford during a Face the Nation roundtable discussion December 26, 2021, children have — by far — the lowest risk for serious COVID-19 infection and, in her view, COVID policies have therefore had an outsized impact on children and teens.
“Even teenagers, you know, a healthy
Poll: Just One-Quarter of Democrats See Migration as Top Priority
Pro-migration groups are still urging cautious Democrats to pass the Build Back Better amnesty bill — but just one-in-four liberals say it is a top priority, according to a YouGov poll.
Covid: A Collision of Historical and Scientific Illiteracy
It’s been a year since I’ve written anything for this blog.
ADHD: Pediatric Anxiety
The rise in marijuana’s popularity among American youth since the late 1960s coincided with a surge in diagnosed cases of attention deficit disorder and its hyperactive variant, ADHD, a condition that Dr. Tom O’Connell likened to a “pediatric anxiety syndrome.” A retired thoracic surgeon and former captain in
This YEAR in the New Normal
Our first “This Week” of 2022 doesn’t just look back over our shoulders, but forward too.
Three Spells for the New Year
The New Year is upon us, and with it comes the usual ritual of dispelling the old and welcoming in the new.
Blue Lotus for Dreams & Visions
As we settle into the winter months, the long nights beckon us towards welcome rest, recuperation, and hearth-tending.