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4 Ways to Flourish (in Good Times and Bad)
Our ability to thrive comes not from life’s wins and losses, but from how we navigate them. Source link
As Kennedy Takes on Food Policy, Companies Push Back
Though the health secretary falsely claimed a victory in a recent podcast, a federal proposal to review all new food ingredients is still in the early stages and drawing fierce opposition. Source link
A ‘Zoomer-to-Boomer’ Pay Phone Hotline Gets Two Generations Chatting
An experiment linking college students in Boston with retirees in Reno, Nev., aims to bridge a cross-generational divide and expand positive social interactions. Source link
The Bad-News Echo Chamber of Pro-Democracy Substack
Micah L. Sifry How many pro-democracy Substack authors over-focus on gloom and doom and ignore organizing, and who’s bucking that trend. The post The Bad-News Echo Chamber of Pro-Democracy Substack appeared first on The Nation. Source link
The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy
Sasha Abramsky The V-Dem Institute, the world’s chronicler of democracy and autocracy, has determined that the United States is no longer “a liberal democracy.” The post The Rapid and “Unprecedented” Collapse of American Democracy appeared first on The Nation. Source link
Four Years After I Had Last Been Touched, I Wrote Myself Back to Life
He was 14 years younger and a skateboarder. Why not invite him in? Source link
Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes. Source link
Seeking a Sounding Board? Beware the Eager-to-Please Chatbot.
A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial. Source link
Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger
Chris Lehmann The president is experiencing the Iran War almost entirely through misleading video clips—and that’s very bad news for all of us. The post Trump’s TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger appeared first on The Nation. Source link
Mamdani Asked Tenants to Tell Him Their Problems. Hundreds Did.
Prajwal Bhat What it’s like at one of the mayor’s “Rental Ripoff” hearings. The post Mamdani Asked Tenants to Tell Him Their Problems. Hundreds Did. appeared first on The Nation. Source link