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Personal Finance
Trump changed the law to get your tax refund to you early. Too bad it leaves the 6 million ‘unbanked’ behind
By Beverly Moran and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2026
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Environment
Climate change’s role in the monster winter storm of January 2026: warmer oceans, more moisture and a dislocated ‘polar vortex’
By Mathew Barlow, Judah Cohen and The ConversationJanuary 26, 2026
anxiety
Future of Work
AI anxiety is so widespread that veteran Microsoft researchers are having panic attacks because they’re making themselves obsolete
By Patrick Barry and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026
ICE
Politics
Former Bush-appointed federal judge: Why the ICE memo allowing officers into your home without a warrant is unconstitutional
By John E. Jones, III and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026
maduro
Cybersecurity
America hacked Venezuela’s grid to literally turn off the lights on Jan. 3. It could happen here, too
By Saman Zonouz and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
sweden
Personal Finance
Sweden abolished its wealth tax 20 years ago. Then it became a ‘paradise for the super-rich’
By Miranda Sheild Johansson and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
AI
AI
‘Visual elevator music’: Why generative AI, trained on centuries of human genius, produces intellectual Muzak
By Ahmed Elgammal and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
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Europe
Denmark offered to trade Greenland to the U.S. in 1910—and America thought it was crazy
By Steven Lamy and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
valentino
Success
Valentino, one of the first Italian designers to succeed in France, defined the iconic female with bold reds and silhouettes—sometimes problematically
By Jye Marshall and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
swift
Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s political polarization Rorschach Test: why young women love her and young men really don’t
By Laurel Elder, Jeff Gulati, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Steven Greene and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
trump
Politics
History says there’s a 90% chance that Trump’s party will lose seats in the midterm elections. It also says there’s a 100% chance
By Robert A. Strong and The ConversationJanuary 20, 2026
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Asia
China’s population crash is so bad that it’s started taxing condoms and birth control pills
By Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
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North America
For 15 years, a neuroscientist has studied raccoon intelligence in Central Virginia. Then a drunk one passed out in a nearby liquor store
By Kelly Lambert and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
trump
North America
How Trump became a death knell for the 85-year relationship between farmers and the federal government
By Peter Simons and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
venezuela
Politics
The U.S. has absorbed 1 million Venezuelans over the past decade. That’s much more recent than most immigrants
By Matt Brooks, Karin Brewster and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
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By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026
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Philanthropy leader at Warren Buffett and Bill Gates’ Giving Pledge says children of billionaires are pushing them to give their wealth away fasterplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJune 27, 2026
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Elon Musk on MacKenzie Scott giving away $26 billion of her fortune: 'Sadly,' it makes the world a worse placeplaceholder alt text
By Sydney LakeJune 29, 2026
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