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Why people are craving a different kind of therapy right now
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (990+ words) A psychiatrist explains why Internal Family Systems is having a moment, despite its lack of evidence. Internal Family Systems has become a wildly popular form of therapy over the past few years. Some of my friends swear by it. But…...
Mogging, -maxxing, and Clavicular, briefly explained
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (671+ words) What an online drama tells us about the attention economy. Do you remember where you were when Clavicular got brutally framemogged by an ASU fraternity leader? Or maybe you saw the clips of the 20-year-old creator " alongside Andrew Tate and…...
How did we get to ICE?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (206+ words) How American immigration became law enforcement The story of American immigration is one of gradual change. Over time, the role of the immigration services slowly changed, morphing from an agency that managed labor and benefits to one that saw itself…...
The mess that Kristi Noem made
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1114+ words) The drama at the Department of Homeland Security, explained. There's a mess at the Department of Homeland Security right now. Recent polling shows that a majority of likely midterm voters support Democrats' demands for reforms to ICE and are in…...
The Supreme Court’s tariff decision could save you $1,000
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1126+ words) The Court just did Trump a huge favor. Will he take it? The Supreme Court just upended President Donald Trump's trade war. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled on Friday that the bulk of Trump's tariffs were unconstitutionally enacted. Trump…...
Why a Republican Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariffs
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (992+ words) Trump loses, and the Democratic justices didn't need to concede anything. The Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in Learning Resources v. Trump on Friday, with a total of six justices concluding that a wide range of tariffs imposed by…...
Why the western US is running out of water, in one chart
2+ day, 52+ min ago (935+ words) Cows are draining the Colorado River. More than one in 10 Americans rely on the Colorado River to take showers and drink clean water. But with no end in sight to the decades-long drought in the western US and rapidly decreasing…...
The pro-gun case liberals don’t want to hear
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1677+ words) Is it time for the left to rethink its approach to guns? Tyler Austin Harper didn't set out to become a culture warrior. He trained as a scholar. His PhD was in comparative literature. He has written widely about the…...
Trump’s dream is a giant slush fund Congress can’t touch
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1239+ words) From Venezuelan oil to the Board of Peace, Trump is constantly looking for new sources of cash he can control. After President Donald Trump launched a military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, he announced that America planned to…...
The House of Representatives is too small
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (186+ words) Here's one way to fix it. For more than a century, the size of the House of Representatives has been frozen at 435 seats; in that same period, the US population has tripled. This means that today, the average representative is…...