The digital world is taking more and more space in our lives… and dramatically increasing electrical use. It’s a serious problem given the urgent need fight climate change. In a 2014 study, … Continue reading The bitcoin and blockchain: energy hogs

Tricky, tricky. From a commenter in Reddit: IrishSniper87 They know they look bad if they argue against net neutrality, so they make it seem like they promote net neutrality while arguing against … Continue reading AT&T’s ‘support’ for net neutrality means tricking customers to fight against it

Tuition fees have become a political battleground. But what’s been their impact? Comparing countries that provide free college education to countries that charge, you see that poorer children are the ones that … Continue reading 10 charts that show the effect of tuition fees

There’s no way that spending on innovation accounts for America’s ruinously high medical costs. US health care costs are world’s highest because of waste, or greed, not because of spending so much … Continue reading The World Doesn’t Mooch Off U.S. Health-Care Research

A federal job guarantee would reinvigorate American infrastructure and ensure that no workers go home in poverty. Interesting read and it appears that we already have a mandate to provide such a … Continue reading Forget Higher Minimum Wage—Here’s a Better Way to Help American Workers

Business Insider reporters traveled the country to find how divided America really is. They found real issues, but also surprising common ground. Interesting series by Business Insider where they traveled the country, … Continue reading America is not as divided as you might think — here’s the proof

The administration asked for voters first and last names, birthdays, last four digits of Social Security numbers, and voting histories going back to 2006. This appears to be an attempt to justify … Continue reading Trump ‘Election Integrity’ Commission Faces Pushback from States

A National Rifle Association ad that has gained traction on social media this month urges Americans to join “freedom’s safest place.” Time to get those guns out? Hmmm… Source: National Rifle Association … Continue reading National Rifle Association ad appears to be ‘an open call to violence’

This is an incredible shame https://t.co/jOaxWT37FG @juliaoftoronto pic.twitter.com/RESanSocC7 — Brian Resnick (@B_resnick) June 29, 2017 Source: Brian Resnick on Twitter Continue reading In the U.S. maternal mortality takes rising! Dropping in every other wealthy nation.

Technological change has had more impact on earnings distribution than on demand for workers, study finds The jobs won’t go away, but your earning will continue to go nowhere, fast. Source: Rising … Continue reading Rising Inequality May Be the Real Risk of Automation – Bloomberg

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday has agreed to hear a case on President Trump’s controversial travel ban policy this fall. In the meantime, they have reinstated the ban except for people … Continue reading Supreme Court Reinstates Much of Trump’s Travel Ban, Will Hear Case in Fall

Technology has made gerrymandering so effective as a political tool that it’s created districts where only extreme politics can win at the ballot box. The Supreme Court says it will take up … Continue reading Gerrymandering Is Poisoning Our Democracy by Killing Politicians’ Ability to Compromise