U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030.
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Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
Tucker Carlson’s interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes split the conservative movement. A communications scholar examines when interviewing someone with extreme views helps illuminate their beliefs — and when it normalizes them.
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Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform
Should all points of view be heard from? Defending certain values and ideas makes it a bit more complicated than simply listening to all sides.
Over 2,500 crisis pregnancy centers operate across the U.S., often designed to look like medical offices. OB-GYN researchers found 91% of their websites misleadingly imply they provide medical services and 80% include false claims about abortion.
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Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards
There are some 2,500 of these centers across the United States. Many are located within a mile of an abortion provider.
When Americans insist "it can't happen here," they’re wrong. A sociologist who studies collective memory and identity examines how the U.S. forgot its own fascist movements and what that collective amnesia means today.
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America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Although thousands of Americans embraced fascist ideas during the interwar years, a new study examines why the US has had little appetite to rememb...
Caring for loved ones might feel modest in reach, but caregiving with love can make a deep impact. https://buff.ly/xgvYcy9
Many interfaith families say it’s less important what holiday traditions they choose to celebrate, than how they talk about it, and doing that in a way that makes everyone feel included. How does your family honor different beliefs during the holiday?
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To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the ‘December Dilemma’
Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families – but thoughtful communication makes a difference.
33% of hospital workers in California are foreign born. 25% in Florida. 5% in Tennessee. The U.S. faces shortages of health care workers, and #immigration restrictions will make the situation worse.
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The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse
About 1 in 4 doctors practicing in the US were born abroad.
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Mark Zuckerberg earned just $1 at Meta in 2024. Elon Musk made $0 at Tesla. They're not alone. A tax law professor explains how the ultrawealthy legally avoid income taxes while their wealth grows by billions annually.
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Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
The richest Americans can largely avoid paying income and other taxes. A new book explains the history.
From New England's grasslands to Tanzania's Serengeti, researchers are identifying and protecting climate change “refugia” where wildlife can survive the longest. These pockets of resilience will give conservationists crucial time to act while the world addresses global warming.
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Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens
Protecting places that are likely to remain cool and moist as global temperatures rise can save wildlife of all kinds, but first we have to find them.
Paying too much for prescriptions? You’re not alone. Pharmacists say asking about generics, discount cards, and patient assistance programs can cut drug costs.
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My prescription costs what?! Pharmacists offer tips that could reduce your out-of-pocket drug costs
High prescription drug costs are leaving many patients frustrated and unable to afford their medications.