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Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us – Robert Reich – The Guardian
Americans are waking up. A grand reckoning awaits us By Robert Reich Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My…
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Why Americans Leave, Stay in Their Childhood Religion – Pew Research Center
Religious Landscape Study, Report. December 15, 2025 Why Do Some Americans Leave Their Religion While Others Stay? Study shows most Americans who leave their childhood religion do so by age 30 By Becka A. Alper, Patricia Tevington, Asta Kallo and Jeff Diamant About this research Many U.S. adults (35%) have moved on from the religion…
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Fewer Americans follow the news closely now than in 2016 – Pew Research Center
December 3, 2025 Americans are following the news less closely than they used to By Naomi Forman-Katz The share of Americans who say they follow the news all or most of the time has decreased since 2016, according to nearly a decade’s worth of Pew Research Center surveys. This shift comes amid changes in the platforms…
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What the data says about food stamps in the U.S. – Pew Research Center
Read our research on: Economy & Work, Middle East, and Donald Trump Home What the data says about food stamps in the U.S. By Drew DeSilver Even before large pieces of the federal government shut down in October 2025, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP – sometimes called the food stamp program – was…
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CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025
Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb 11.10.25 Enjoying this…
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How Americans Are Thinking About Aging – Pew Research Center
|November 6, 2025 How Americans Are Thinking About Aging For older adults, income largely shapes the aging experience By Luona Lin and Juliana Menasce Horowitz About this research The U.S. population is aging rapidly. From 2004 to 2024, the share of Americans ages 65 and older increased from 12.4% to 18.0%, according to the U.S.…
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Top 10 states Americans want to move to most, according to moveBuddha
Life This is the No. 1 state Americans want to move to most – People are ‘trading square footage for quality of life’ Published Wed, Oct 29 20257:05 PM EDT By Celia Fernandez@cfernan6 moveBuddha ranked the states Americans are looking to move to right now. In January, U.S. Census data showed that Americans were flocking…
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Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump – The New Yorker Radio Hour – WNYC Studios
Jon Stewart on the Perilous State of Late Night and Why America Fell for Donald Trump Download October 31, 2025 By David Remnick Share Share this via Email Jon Stewart has been a leading figure in political comedy since before the turn of the millennium. But compared to his early years on Comedy Central’s “The…
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Top 10 states Americans want to move to most, according to moveBuddha – CNBC
Life This is the No. 1 state Americans want to move to most: People are ‘trading square footage for quality of life’ Published Wed, Oct 29 20257:05 PM EDT By Celia Fernandez@cfernan6 In January, U.S. Census data showed that Americans were flocking to the Sun Belt states and according to a new report from moveBuddha…
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“No Kings” protests mark a week that challenged Trump’s use of power – YouTube
Oct 19, 2025 President Trump’s critics took to the streets Saturday, with millions nationwide participating in “No Kings” rallies, protesting Trump’s demonstrations of power. The protests came as the government shutdown nears its fourth week, and as tensions remain in the wars over Gaza and Ukraine. Robert Costa looks at a week that tested White…
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Civil society helps uphold democracy and provides built-in resistance to authoritarianism – The Conversation
Published: September 25, 2025 9:18pm EDT Author, Christopher Justin Einolf, Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University Disclosure statement Christopher Justin Einolf does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. The New…
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Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a ‘Deeply Concerning’ 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades
Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a ‘Deeply Concerning’ 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades Between 2003 and 2023, the proportion of Americans who read for fun on a given day has been steadily falling, a new study suggests By Sarah Kuta – Daily Correspondent, August 26, 2025 Fewer Americans are reading for pleasure. Imgorthand…
