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What if college isn't for everyone?
For decades, high schools and parents have prioritized college for all graduating seniors. Now, more students are asking if there's another way.
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1 year, 1 month ago
Watercooler TV is back
The Pitt, The White Lotus, and Severance have people talking about TV again. A writer from The Pitt and Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk explain why.
Thi…
1 year, 1 month ago
Laura Loomered the NSA
President Trump fired the head of the NSA — not because of a cyber attack, but because conservative activist Laura Loomer said so. How did she become…
1 year, 1 month ago
Plastic rain, plastic rain
We (mostly) got rid of acid rain, but now there’s another scary thing falling from the sky.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Joli…
1 year, 1 month ago
The nostalgia economy
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are meant to return America to a throwback economy — and culture. An economist who advises the White House makes the…
1 year, 1 month ago
Project 2025’s next chapter
Project Esther offers a blueprint for casting some campus protesters as part of a “Hamas Support Network,” making it easier to detain and deport them…
1 year, 1 month ago
Is a house still a good investment?
Given the economy and interest rates, homebuying doesn't seem like it’s necessarily the way to go anymore. So consider this not your parents’ real es…
1 year, 1 month ago
Pray for Hooters
The “breastaurant” filed for bankruptcy this week. Many say good riddance, but Peter Rothpletz explains why he’ll remember his “conversion therapy wi…
1 year, 1 month ago
The day after "Liberation Day"
It's unclear what Trump's latest tariffs liberate us from. Tariffs can be good policy when done right, but this latest round is scrambling America's …
1 year, 2 months ago
Why young people are getting cancer
It’s not just Dwyane Wade, James Van Der Beek, and Kate Middleton; younger and younger people are getting cancer more and more. Vox’s Dylan Scott lay…
1 year, 2 months ago