The Pope just proposed a universal basic income. Is the United States ready for it? ~humanities religion Link 16 votes
The Mars Helicopter has been attached to the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 789 words 9 votes
A trio broke the Cannonball Run record by almost an hour, completing it in 26:38 ~sports.motorsports Article 1712 words 13 votes
The ancient computers in the Boeing 737 Max are holding up a fix ~transport Article 1706 words 10 votes
Why has the US Census become less productive over time? ~finance Article 1281 words, published Mar 11 2020 6 votes
The battle over the Sea-Monkey fortune ~finance business Article 9686 words, published Apr 15 2016 8 votes
America: 200 years of responding to epidemics from The Saturday Evening Post ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
More than 2,200 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes, but US federal government isn't tracking them ~health healthcare Article 1162 words 9 votes
Rehearsal time for OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s asteroid sampling spacecraft ~space spaceflight.scientific Link 5 votes
Furor erupts: Billions going to hospitals based on Medicare billings, not COVID-19 ~health healthcare Article 1040 words 10 votes
The coronavirus has changed the way Americans use the internet ~tech internet social media Article 855 words 9 votes
US Federal Reserve treads cautiously into municipal market with loan lifeline ~finance Article 5 votes
Why this is unlike the Great Depression (better & worse) ~finance economics Article 4789 words, published Mar 29 2020 8 votes
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion for COVID-19 relief worldwide ~health Article 233 words 13 votes
The Cantillon Effect: Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don't ~finance economics Article 2011 words 4 votes
As Coca-Cola’s popularity spread in the United States in the 1920s, rabbis around the country asked, is Coke kosher? ~food history drinks.soft Article 2298 words, published Jan 9 2013 9 votes
After 9/11, Americans gave up privacy for security. Will we make the same trade-off after COVID-19? ~tech privacy security Article 2040 words 21 votes
Amazon warehouse warned staff not to touch shipments for twenty-four hours ~finance business Article 9 votes
A profound ignorance of nature - Commentary on Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most recent expression of historical illiteracy ~humanities.history Article 1031 words 4 votes
Boeing to fly second Starliner uncrewed test flight at no expense to taxpayer, after OFT-1 mission software malfunctions ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 711 words 5 votes
A nurse bought protective supplies for her colleagues using GoFundMe. The hospital suspended her. ~health healthcare Article 1993 words 8 votes
For jobless Americans, Obamacare is still a potential lifeline ~health healthcare Article 1292 words 3 votes
John Prine, hero of 'new' Nashville, dies after developing COVID-19 symptoms ~music country Article 1465 words 4 votes
How Passover brisket became Texas barbecue: From the Shtetl to the smoker ~food meat history Article 1033 words, published May 24 2017 3 votes
The far-right helped create the world’s most powerful facial recognition technology ~tech Article 7387 words 11 votes
US President Donald Trump removes Inspector General overseeing $2 trillion coronavirus relief package days after he was appointed ~finance Article 545 words 12 votes
Acting US Navy Secretary: 'I stand by every word I said' after leak of carrier speech ~health Article 109 words 11 votes
Cuban doctors fighting coronavirus around world, defying US ~health healthcare Article 897 words 11 votes
The true story behind Michael Jordan's brief-but-promising baseball career ~sports.baseball Article 4173 words 6 votes
The stimulus bill punishes parents behind on child support. Now is not the time ~life parenting Article 1185 words, published Apr 1 2020 8 votes
New York is merging all its hospitals to battle the coronavirus ~health healthcare Article 1060 words 9 votes