What's happening to independent publishers didn't start with Google. It didn't start with algorithms or AI or any particular piece of technology. It started in the 1980s when two deliberate policy changes rewired how American corporations operate. One killed the rules that kept monopolies from forming. The other changed how executives get paid. Together, they turned extraction into the most profitable corporate strategy in nearly every industry. Understanding this explains why airlines, banks, food companies, and tech platforms all consolidated the same way—and why forty years of both parties did nothing to stop it.

For thirty years, we published on the assumption that if you built something worth reading, people would find it. That assumption is now dead. Not because readers disappeared—they didn't. Not because quality stopped mattering—it still does. It died because the platforms that control discovery decided they could take the value without sending back the visitors. And then AI put that theft on steroids.

Something feels off. Not catastrophically wrong—just persistently, exhaustingly not right. You work harder but get less. You follow the rules but fall further behind. You adapt and optimize and hustle, and the gap between effort and security just keeps widening. You're not imagining it. And it's not your fault.

Women folk healers were branded as witches, yet much of their work was early community medicine grounded in observation, relationship, and nature. Their suppression helped turn health from a shared practice into a gated profession. Today, Indigenous wisdom and modern science point in the same direction again. If we want longer, better lives, we must become proactive stewards of balance rather than passive recipients of treatments.

Tariff impact on Chinese EVs is more than a trade skirmish; it’s a direct hit on consumers. By driving up costs and limiting affordable EV options, tariffs delay the clean energy transition and protect industry at the expense of everyday families. The truth is simple: Chinese EVs could have brought affordable mobility, but tariffs lock consumers into higher prices and fewer choices.

Educators and health communicators face significant challenges in bridging the digital divide affecting Latino populations in the U.S. This gap not only impacts academic achievement but also health care access, as many Latinos struggle with internet use and accessing online health resources. Addressing these disparities is crucial for improving health outcomes and ensuring equitable access to information.

Target’s decision to cut 1,800 corporate roles lands like a starting gun, not a finish line. After years of pilots and promises, AI is finally crossing the office threshold and rearranging who does the work, how fast decisions get made, and which jobs even exist. This isn’t about store cashiers or warehouse robots. It’s the middle of the corporate chart, the people who translate numbers into action, that now sits squarely in the path of automation.

Everyone keeps saying AI will make us wildly productive. That might be true. But here is the part they whisper: productivity can rise without paychecks rising and without hiring surging. We could get faster workflows, cheaper services, and bigger profits while regular people juggle side gigs to keep up. This article lays out how that happens, why it is familiar, and what we can insist on changing.

Your mind doesn’t float above the map. It lives on a street with cracks in the sidewalk or fresh paint on the crosswalk. It rides a bus that comes on time or doesn’t come at all. New evidence says neighborhood deprivation doesn’t just bruise pride; it raises the odds of a psychotic disorder. If we want fewer broken lives, we fix the block. Capacity first, then everything else.

Vaccine hesitancy is spreading faster than the diseases vaccines prevent, fueled by misinformation and mistrust. Yet history shows vaccines are among humanity’s greatest life-saving innovations. And with the rise of mRNA vaccines, the future of disease prevention looks even brighter. Here’s how we can protect our families, counter fear with science, and embrace a new era of public health.

Now, I’m no fancy economist, but when the road eats my axle, I start doubting all this “fiscal responsibility” talk. Deficits aren’t dangerous when spent wisely. Government spending on housing, healthcare, education, and energy lowers daily costs and grows individual wealth. Bad roads, high rents, and medical bills bleed families dry. But smart investment flips the script, building capacity, cutting bills, and leaving people richer, not poorer. It’s not about spending less, but spending better. That’s the real wealth strategy. 

All things tend toward excess. All things must recalibrate. Excess and recalibration are the universal rhythm of existence. From atoms to empires, from stars to souls, the pattern is the same: excess, collapse, renewal. We are not living through a moment of random chaos. We are living through a global polycrisis, where every excess of the past century is now demanding recalibration. Welcome to the world disorder of 2025.

Public health in America stands at a breaking point. With the CDC crisis deepening and vaccine systems under attack, experts warn the U.S. is unprepared for the next pandemic. From political interference to underfunded infrastructure, the lessons of COVID are being ignored while history repeats itself. This article explores what’s at stake for our safety, trust, and future.

Neo-feudalism is no longer a theory; it’s the reality unfolding before our eyes. As wealth concentrates at the top, millions sink into debt, precarity, and economic collapse. From Reagan’s tax cuts to Trump’s tariffs and Biden’s inflation squeeze, the system has been rigged to protect elites while pushing the rest of us toward modern serfdom. The question is, will we accept it, or rise to demand a new economy?

As AI displaces middle-class workers, a deeper question emerges: will native-born and educated workers accept the immigration jobs they once rejected? From coding to farm fields, society may face a reckoning over labor, dignity, and career expectations. The intersection of immigration and AI displacement could reshape the workforce in ways few are prepared to face.

Public banking and community wealth are not abstract slogans. They are practical tools for lowering borrowing costs, funding the essentials politicians keep promising, and moving money back into local streets where it creates jobs and stability. This piece lays out what a public bank actually is, why states and cities are revisiting the model, and how you can press leaders to act without waiting another election cycle.

Why is immigration suddenly treated like an invasion, and why does diversity feel threatening to those in power? Maybe it’s not just about culture or borders, maybe it’s about systems. And maybe the system is broken because we designed it that way.

Donald Trump likes to call himself the master of the deal. But as with most showmen, the illusion tends to be more dramatic than the substance. His so-called trade “wins” are less about diplomacy and more about drama. Scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll find a pattern of grandiose press releases with little to no legal backbone. It's not that he didn’t make headlines, it’s that he rarely made treaties. And in the world of international commerce, headlines don’t hold up in court.

Paul Krugman recently raised a red flag: the U.S. Congress isn’t just opposed to creating a Central Bank Digital Currency—it’s banning the Fed from even thinking about one. That’s right, they’re outlawing thought. Meanwhile, Brazil has rolled out a lightning-fast, nearly-free public payment system used by over 90% of its adults. But Krugman missed the deeper issue. This isn’t just about payment apps or crypto alternatives. It’s about who gets to control money itself. And more dangerously, it’s about what happens if you—the ordinary citizen—get access to an account at the Fed.

He tweets at the Fed, brags at Mara Lago, and treats the U.S. economy like a slot machine. Sounds like a joke—but it's not. It's the daily reality we've been living in, where governance has become spectacle, leadership a brand, and policy a poker game with your rent money on the table. This isn’t satire. This is America under the influence—of greed, showmanship, and an ever-widening disconnect from the people who actually live in the country. And now, one music video dares to call it out… verse by verse, beat by beat.

Inflation is supposedly under control at around 2.7 percent. The talking heads say we’re heading back to safe economic ground. But if you’re staring at a $150 grocery bill or wondering why your phone case just cost you 25 percent more, you already know something’s off. The inflation signals are misleading—and dangerously so.

Dorothy Gale III never quite believed the stories. Not fully. Not the way her grandmother told them. But she loved to listen. As a little girl, she’d curl up beside the old woman on a wide front porch in Kansas, the air thick with cicadas and the scent of cornfields. And the stories would spill out like magic.

RFK Jr gutted U.S. vaccine leadership, sparking global concern with Gavi defunding and revived debunked claims. Here’s what it means for you.