How a Black Psychiatrist Shaped “Sesame Street” As a Tool Against Racism
Sesame StreetAlbum/Entertainment Pictures/Zuma Welcome to Recharge, a weekly newsletter full of stories that will energize your inner hellraiser. See more editions and sign up here. Sesame Street is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The rush of stories and social posts about the iconic children’s TV show has inspired numerous stories about Muppets and cast members. Few, however,…
Raw Data: The Homeless Rate in Big Cities
The number of homeless rose to 59,000 in Los Angeles County this year. We don’t yet have estimates for all cities, but here’s how a selection of big cities did last year. Note that these are actually the homeless rates for the counties which contain each city (i.e., Phoenix is actually Maricopa County, Chicago is…
Vanity Fair Just Published the Details of Donald Trump’s Prenup With Marla Maples
The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Donald Trump has been notoriously tight-lipped about his personal finances, but bit by bit, investigative journalists have produced valuable insight into the ways he has shielded and often exaggerated his fortune over several decades. Vanity Fair added another piece of the puzzle Tuesday with a story revealing details from his prenuptial agreement…
Driverless Vehicles Are Here . . . On the Farm, Anyway
There’s a widespread belief that driverless technology won’t be useful until it’s able to safely guide a passenger car anywhere in the country with no one paying attention to the wheel. This isn’t true. The technology will almost certainly start with easy applications and then move into harder and harder ones. Maybe it will start…
Joe Biden’s Climate Plan Copied Language and “Inadvertently” Forgot Citations
NurPhoto/Getty Hours after Democratic candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released his plan to address climate change Tuesday, individuals and the media began to point out some questionable similarities between passages of the presidential frontrunner’s proposal, posted to his website, and materials from other organizations and websites. Biden’s plan has since been changed to reflect…
Good News, Kids! American Adults Are Idiots Too.
Every year someone does a survey of high school students and produces an alarming headline. Eighty percent of kids can’t find France on a map! Two-thirds of seniors don’t know what the First Amendment says! My immediate reaction is: yeah, but I bet adults are idiots too. It’s just that no one studies them. But…