Food
The Trump administration finally admits that tariffs raise prices
The Trump administration has, at long last and in a small way, admitted that tariffs raise prices. The White House is finalizing plans to lower tariffs on coffee, beef, fruit, and other imports from several countries amid…
Trump seems very confused about ‘affordability’
While speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Friday, President Donald Trump claimed that "every price is down," including those paid at the pump. Gas is now "almost $2," he added. Gas is not $2 a…
A pet food pantry in New York won’t solve the city’s shelter crisis
This summer, New York City shelters were overwhelmed by a surge of pet surrenders. The Animal Care Centers of New York City, which contracts with the city to provide animal control services, reported a record 1,000 animals in…
1 in 5 kids are at risk of losing SNAP as shutdown exposes flaws in federal control
The federal government shutdown is disrupting major federal programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Now one in five children nationwide risks losing benefits because Congress has failed to…
Progressive lawmakers want to ban dynamic pricing at restaurants
Gig companies like Uber and Lyft have popularized the economic concept of dynamic pricing (also known as "surge pricing"), making it a common phenomenon in our modern economy. Now, some restaurants are also…
3 reasons why Zohran Mamdani’s city-run grocery stores will fail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVzsQhKjrQ New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani says City Hall needs to get into the grocery business because New Yorkers are being "priced out" of private supermarkets. If…
Can eating more protein fix our digital malaise?
We live in an era of analog nostalgia. Today's tech critics, both on the right and the left, worry that the internet, social media, smartphones, and artificial intelligence will, indeed already are, robbing people of…
Assata Shakur stood with the oppressors
There are quite a few dramatic, almost folkloric, stories about Assata Shakur, the American militant and self-avowed anti-government revolutionary who escaped from prison in 1979, not long after she was convicted of murdering…
Trump is right about Canada’s restrictions on agricultural imports from the U.S.
President Donald Trump justifies his enthusiasm for prohibitively high tariffs by insisting the U.S. is being "ripped off" by other countries. It's a strange argument, since people only trade with one another…
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