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The Social Security Agency, which distributes benefits to tens of millions of retired workers, people with disabilities and their families, is in crisis.Billionaire Elon Musk's Government Efficiency (DOGE) is turning his eyes to find social security fraud, so agents are trying to abandon 12% of the workforce, or 7,000 workers. Leland Dudek, who took over as the Social Security Agency's representative committee in February, ousted officials and urged others to resign in protest of his leader. He canceled a research agreement with a university that has closed six regional offices, a study of demographic trends.Additionally, the agency recently announced that…
“What's worse than being homeless in America is that they're not considered homeless in America,” says journalist and ethnographic artist Brian Goldstone. The homeless crisis in America is far beyond what we see on the streets, and Goldstone wants us to pay attention to those hidden from public places. In his new book, There is no place for us: working in the US and homelessnessGoldstone examines the lives of families caught up in long-term motels, those who sleep in cars, or shuffle between unstable arrangements. His report challenges the longstanding American narrative that connects homelessness with unemployment and unwillingness to…
Kerrv. PlannedParenthood South Atlantic It is one of the easiest cases the Supreme Court hears this year. It includes federal laws requiring all state Medicaid programs to allow “individuals eligible for medical assistance” to obtain that care “from an agency, agency, local pharmacy, or from someone eligible to perform the necessary services or services.” So, Medicaid patients rather than states have obviously the right to choose their own healthcare provider, with only one exception. The provider must be a “qualified”. This means that providers are “professionally competent” to provide the care they seek, as explained by the federal court of…
The second Trump administration has shown a notable attack in abruptly cancelling hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants at elite universities to force major policy changes along the politics of the president.Trump officials have revoked $400 million in research funding to Columbia University (illegally per expert). They also suspended $175 million in funding at the University of Pennsylvania.That's probably just a start. They threatened many other schools. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is also looking to change the research funding formula in a way that particularly violently strikes elite universities.Regime demands for these schools include cracking down…
This story appeared in log off, a A daily newsletter that will help you stay informed about the Trump administration without taking over your life in political news. Subscribe here.Welcome to logoff: Today, Joshua Keating and I focus on top administration officials who are mistakenly sending messages to journalists to plans to bomb Yemen. It's a strange story, a story that has long meaning in the ability of European allies to trust us with sensitive information.Wait, what? The Atlantic today revealed that Trump's top official accidentally added magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat earlier this month with encrypted…
For decades, medical dramas have been a pleasant staple on television, and have been a reliable entertainment without expecting groundbreaking or inevitably good. Suddenly, the genre has become a force of rejuvenation in the dying landscape thanks to two new products. Dr. Odyssey And Max pit. Both shows create real conversations, attachment to the characters, and hopes for future episodes. What these shows have narrowed down new life from the genres they have given us er It's just one indicator that people are finally excited about TV again.It's strange to think that TV might need a “comeback.” For decades, you…
The Supreme Court sent a rather unfortunate message during discussions in Monday's racial gerrymandering dispute. Louisiana vs. Frey: Don't trust us.To understand where that message came from, it is helpful to be familiar with cases the court determined to be roughly the same just two years ago. Flakes. in Allen v. Milligan (2023) the court ruled that the Alabama legislative map violates the protection of the Voting Rights Act against racial gerrymandering and that the state must attract additional black majority districts to ensure that the state does not illegally dilute the political power of black citizens. now Fresh The…
If you've read the news recently, you've probably heard that Americans might be in the midst of a sexual recession. But at least one person's demographic has the best sex of their life: Gen X Women. At least that's Mireille Silkoff, a debate writer created with her latest work in the New York Times magazine. In it, she explores her middle-aged sexual awakening. “I was trying to explain the moments I really met everywhere,” she told Vox. Between her own life, her friends' experiences, and the portrayal of pop culture that has emerged everywhere, she felt that trends had emerged.…
If you know the name of the case, the Supreme Court will hear it on March 31st Catholic Charities vs Wisconsin Labor Industry Review Boardwe can guess who will win. The Republican majority in the courts mostly support Christian lawsuits seeking exemptions from federal or state law. (In particular, Republicans in the courts do not always show the same sympathy for Muslims with claims of religious freedom.)But the result is Catholic Charities It may not seem surprising, but the interests in this case are still very high. Catholic charities are seeking exemption from Wisconsin law that requires almost all employers…
I have certainly heard the famous poem of German Pastor Niemerer, “the first they came” about the road to Nazi Germany. It can feel clichéd because it is one of the frequently quoted texts. “In the beginning they came for the Communists / And I didn't speak / Because I was not a Communist” the poem begins. Then they came for the JewsAnd I didn't sayBecause I wasn't JewishThen they came for meAnd there was no one leftTo speak for meBut despite its excessive exposure, Niemerer's poems have a less-than-appreciated subtlety. He describes the specific strategies the Nazis used to…