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Bringing Government Services Into The 21st Century. One Text At A Time
Millions of Americans depend on public assistance programs to help pay for food and make ends meet. But it’s not always easy for them to manage the r…
3 years, 1 month ago
An Armed Uprising Punctures Putin’s Aura of Invincibility
Moscow is quiet again after an armed insurrection in Russia over the weekend ended as quickly as it began. But the uprising has left President Vladim…
3 years, 1 month ago
America Is Divided Over Everything...Except Chicken
Americans love beef, and always have. But when it comes to the meat they actually choose to eat, chicken takes the crown. Bloomberg’s Matt Townsend a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Microsoft's Big Investment In AI Is Paying Off
Microsoft is a household name when it comes to Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations, but it’s not the first name many people th…
3 years, 1 month ago
Aging Boomers Will Need Lots Of Care. We're Not Ready
By 2030, people over the age of 65 in the US will outnumber those under 18. That’s in part because people are living longer—a testament to modern med…
3 years, 1 month ago
Canada's Ambitious Immigration Experiment, Explained
Anti-immigration sentiment has been rising on the right in many countries around the world, including the US, UK, France and Italy–even as these nati…
3 years, 1 month ago
Team Favorite: Banks Vowed To Help Black Homebuyers. What Happened?
NOTE: This episode originally aired in December 2022.
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In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, some of the biggest mortgage lenders in the US…
3 years, 1 month ago
Here Comes El Nino Again, And It's Packing A Punch
We’re on the cusp of a natural – but significant – shift from a cooling weather phase known as La Niña to its considerable opposite–El Niño. This cha…
3 years, 1 month ago
States Tell Cities: Yes, You’ve Got to Build Housing
America’s affordable housing shortage has been getting worse for decades. Now, some states are trying to ease this crisis by enacting what's been cal…
3 years, 1 month ago
Yet Another AI Blind Spot: Biased Images
As pressure mounts on lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence, another problem area of the technology is emerging: AI-generated images. Early r…
3 years, 1 month ago