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The most disadvantaged communities around the U.S. are rural and suffer from a history of injustice, a new book finds.

The more time and money people spent driving to work, the worse mental health outcomes they experienced, a new study found.

Democratic policymakers are noticing people are becoming more isolated. We know our neighbors less, go to church less, and belong to fewer things. This isn’t a small problem.

It is unconscionable that in our wealthy country, we let blue-collar workers and the economically disadvantaged needlessly die in oppressive heat.

Despite the fact that slavery ended 160 years ago, progressives claim that it is directly responsible for today’s poor outcomes for too many blacks.

The future of humanity is becoming ever less human. The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving little place for human creativity or employment. Even the architects of this brave new world are sounding the alarm. Sam Altman, chairman and CEO of OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, recently warned that artificial intelligence poses an “existential risk” to humanity and warned Congress that artifici...

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Friendship is often neglected as a crucial element of the common good.

The future of humanity is becoming ever less human. The astounding capabilities of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence have triggered fears about the coming age of machines leaving